Open AccessLack of Relationship Between Microvascular and Macrovascular Disease in Heart Transplant Recipients
Author(s) -
Mohamed S. Abu-Qaoud,
Liset Stoletniy,
David Chen,
Justin Kerstetter,
Michael A. Kuhn,
Ramdas G. Pai
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0b013e31826accca
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , coronary artery disease , macrovascular disease , heart transplantation , intravascular ultrasound , vascular disease , transplantation , coronary arteries , disease , diabetes mellitus , artery , type 2 diabetes , endocrinology
A key determinant of long-term survival in heart transplant recipients is the development of coronary vasculopathy. Both coronary macrovascular and microvascular disease are prognostically important. However, the relationship between these in transplant patients and the determinants of microvascular disease are not known.