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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-7-17
pubmed:abstractText
Limited histopathologic studies of failed cardiac allografts have demonstrated that cardiac allograft vasculopathy extends into the donor aorta; however, no study has examined the development of allograft aortic intimal proliferation in vivo in conjunction with coronary intimal hyperplasia. By using simultaneous intracoronary and intraaortic ultrasound, we studied 20 consecutive heart transplant recipients at 2.5 +/- 2.1 years after transplantation. The degree of coronary intimal thickening was strongly correlated with the development of intraaortic intimal hyperplasia (r = 0.90; p < 0.0001). Multivariate predictors of aortic intimal thickening included years after transplant (r = 0.47; p = 0.03), serum cholesterol level (r = 0.65, p = 0.003), and serum triglyceride level (r = 0.51; p = 0.03). Allograft aortopathy occurs in a similar manner to allograft coronary disease, thus providing support for the notion that an immunologic stimulus operating across the allograft vascular bed may be responsible for the development of cardiac allograft vasculopathy. Furthermore, this investigation provides insight into the putative role of hyperlipidemia in allograft vascular disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0002-8703
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
133
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
698-702
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Aorta, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Aortic Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Cholesterol, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Coronary Disease, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Coronary Vessels, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Cyclosporine, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Forecasting, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Heart Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Hypercholesterolemia, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Hyperplasia, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Hypertriglyceridemia, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Immunosuppressive Agents, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Multivariate Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Transplantation, Homologous, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Transplantation Immunology, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Triglycerides, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Tunica Intima, pubmed-meshheading:9200398-Ultrasonography, Interventional
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Allograft aortopathy: an in vivo study of donor aorta involvement in cardiac allograft vasculopathy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Ochsner Medical Institutions, New Orleans, La. 70121, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study