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Rituximab Therapy for Rejection in Pediatric Heart Transplant
(2018)
Objectives: Humoral rejection is the B-cell-mediated production of immunoglobulin G antibody against the transplanted heart. Antibody-mediated rejection may be resistant to standard immunosuppressive therapy and is associated ...
Smoking Behavior of Heart Transplant Patients: A Retrospective Study
(2018)
Objectives: Smoking is an important risk factor for development of complications in heart transplant patients and plays an important role in the mortality of these patients.The aim of this study was to compare the survival ...
Treatment of Left Ventricular Assist Device Thrombosis: Single-Center Experience
(2018)
Heart failure is the one of the biggest health problem in the world. Because of limited donors for heart transplant procedures, the ventricular assist device has become a solution for heart failure therapy. With the increase ...
Prevalence and Angiographic Characteristics of Coronary Vasospasm Detected at Surveillance Coronary Angiograms Among Patients With Heart Transplants
(2018)
Objectives: Coronary vasospasm in heart transplant recipients occurs through various mechanisms. It has been linked to allograft rejection and coronary vasculopathy, which can result in mortality during follow-up. Here, ...
Experience With Cardiac Implantable Electrical Device Explantation After Cardiac Transplantation: A Report of 16 Cases From a Single Center in a Period of 5 Years
(2018)
Objectives: Cardiac implantable electrical devices are widely used for patients with advanced heart failure and are usually explanted during orthotopic heart transplant. However, lead fragments and the pulse generator are ...
Posttransplant Pulmonary Hypertension Is Correlated With Acute Rejection and Death Among Cardiac Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Study
(2018)
Objectives: Endomyocardial biopsy sampling is used to check acute rejection after cardiac transplant. However, it may lead to tricuspid valve injury and cardiac perforation; therefore, less invasive tools may be useful. ...