Allograft vasculopathy and death in a cardiac transplant patient with angiographically normal coronary arteries

Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1991 Sep;24(1):37-40. doi: 10.1002/ccd.1810240109.

Abstract

A cardiac transplant patient died of severe left ventricular dysfunction 2 weeks after coronary angiography demonstrated normal coronary arteries. Post mortem examination showed significant and diffuse allograft vasculopathy. Coronary angiography may have limited sensitivity in detecting allograft vasculopathy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Coronary Angiography*
  • Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Disease / etiology
  • Coronary Disease / pathology
  • Coronary Vessels / pathology
  • Heart Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged