Importance of Routine Antihuman/Leukocyte Antibody Monitoring: De Novo Donor Specific Antibodies Are Associated With Rejection and Allograft Vasculopathy After Heart Transplantation

Circulation. 2017 Oct 3;136(14):1350-1352. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.029964.
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Keywords: HLA antigens; coronary artery disease; graft rejection; heart transplantation.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Allografts
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Coronary Artery Disease / blood
  • Coronary Artery Disease / diagnosis
  • Coronary Artery Disease / immunology*
  • Female
  • Graft Rejection / blood
  • Graft Rejection / diagnosis
  • Graft Rejection / immunology*
  • HLA Antigens / immunology*
  • Heart Transplantation* / adverse effects
  • Humans
  • Isoantibodies / blood
  • Isoantibodies / immunology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Minnesota
  • Monitoring, Immunologic / methods*
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Risk Factors
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • HLA Antigens
  • Isoantibodies