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Advancing Immunosuppression in Heart Transplantation: “One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Author(s) -
Mehra M. R.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.12177
Subject(s) - immunosuppression , medicine , heart transplantation , transplantation , incidence (geometry) , heart transplants , adverse effect , cardiology , surgery , physics , optics
Immunosuppression for cardiac allografts using proliferation signal inhibitors appears to have a narrow therapeutic index, an increased adverse event profile, and no convincing generalizable impact on the incidence of allograft vasculopathy. See article by Eisen et al on page 1203.