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- Title
Impact of late‐onset cytomegalovirus infection in the development of cardiac allograft vasculopathy in heart transplant recipients.
- Authors
Ponz de Antonio, Inés; Rodríguez Chaverri, Adriana; García Reyne, Ana; Carrasco Antón, Nerea; Lora Pablos, David; López Medrano, Francisco; Dios, Santiago; Jurado, Alfonso; Folgueira, María D.; García‐Cosio Carmena, María D.; Arribas Ynsaurriaga, Fernando; Aguado, José M.; Lumbreras, Carlos; Delgado Jiménez, Juan F.
- Abstract
Background: The impact of late‐onset cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection (LOCI) on cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) has yet to be established. Methods: A retrospective study was performed for patients who had undergone heart transplantation (HT) between January 1995 and October 2017 to analyze epidemiology of LOCI (any positive level of CMV pp65 antigenemia or DNAemia after 100 days, without previous CMV replication) and its association with CAV. Our main hypothesis was that LOCI causes less direct and indirect effects compared to early onset infection (EOCI). Results: Late‐onset cytomegalovirus infection developed in 57 of 410 patients (13.9%) in a median time of 4.7 months post‐transplant. CAV at 10 years was diagnosed in 31.6% of patients with LOCI, 34.6% with EOCI, and in 19.3% of CMV‐uninfected patients. In the multivariate analysis, EOCI was an independent variable for developing CAV (HR 1.8, 95% CI 1.13‐2.82, P =.01). Patients with LOCI showed a trend toward a higher risk of CAV, but the difference was not statistically significant (HR 1.7, 95% CI 0.95‐3.08, P =.07). In the complementary log‐log model, LOCI and EOCI had a similar CAV‐free survival, and a higher probability of developing CAV than CMV‐uninfected patients (P =.02). Conclusions: Cytomegalovirus infection after HT may result in the same long‐term events regardless of its onset, with a higher risk of developing CAV at 10 years than patients without CMV.
- Subjects
HEART transplant recipients; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS diseases; KIDNEY transplantation; HEART transplantation; CARDIAC patients
- Publication
Transplant Infectious Disease, 2021, Vol 23, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1398-2273
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/tid.13479