Abstract
The longitudinal distribution and circumferential pattern of coronary intimal proliferation were studied with intravascular ultrasonography in 135 patients after heart transplantation. Eighty-seven (64%) of 135 patients had significant intimal thickening, with most lesions (63%) concentric and free of fibrosis or calcification. Both diffuse and nonuniform longitudinal patterns of intimal thickening were found.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
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Calcinosis / pathology
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Chi-Square Distribution
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Constriction, Pathologic / diagnostic imaging
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Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging*
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Coronary Disease / pathology
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Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging*
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Coronary Vessels / pathology
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Female
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Fibrosis
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Heart Transplantation* / pathology
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Ultrasonography, Interventional*