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Positive Pretransplantation Cytomegalovirus Serology Is a Risk Factor for Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy in Children
Author(s) -
Tarique Hussain,
Michael Burch,
Matthew J. Fenton,
Pauline Whitmore,
Philip Rees,
Martin J. Elliott,
Paul Aurora
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.106.627570
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , transplantation , coronary artery disease , cardiology , risk factor , heart transplantation , serology , surgery , immunology , confidence interval , antibody
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection has been implicated as a cause of posttransplantation coronary artery disease in adults. The purpose of this retrospective observational study was to evaluate the effect of CMV on outcome after heart transplantation in children.

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