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- Title
Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy in Redo-Transplants: Is it More or Less the Same the Second Time Around?
- Authors
McCreath, Lauren; Bonios, Michael J.; Koliopoulou, Antigone; Wever-Pinzon, Omar; Wright, Spencer; Alharethi, Rami; McKellar, Stephen H.; Snow, Greg; Reid, Bruce B.; Skedros, Katerina; Ragnhildstveit, Anya; Adamopoulos, Stamatis N.; Nativi, Jose; Kfoury, Abdallah G.; Drakos, Stavros G.
- Abstract
Purpose: Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) continues to hinder the long-term success of heart transplant recipients. Redo-transplantation is currently the only definitive treatment for advanced CAV. We examined whether these patients are at similar CAV-risk with the second transplant. Methods: Heart recipients from 1985 to 2011 at the UTAH program were included in the study and those with CAV as an indication for redo-transplantation were identified. CAV diagnosis was made by coronary angiography and based on the 2010 ISHLT standardized nomenclature for CAV. Patient demographics, rejection history, and CAV incidence were analyzed. Results: Of the 1,169 eligible patients, 135 (11.5%) developed CAV post their first transplant; 78 cases within 10 years and 54 beyond 10 years. The mean time to CAV was 6.58 years. Of the 135 patients who developed CAV, only 21 (15.5%) ended up requiring a redo-transplant. Of the 21 retransplanted patients, 4 (19.0%) developed CAV again; 2 patients within 10 years and 2 patients beyond 10 years indicating a similar risk for CAV occurrence for first and redo-transplant. Conclusions: Our results indicate that CAV is as likely to develop in redo-transplants despite recent advances in immunosuppression and the standardized use of lipid-lowering agents. Although outcomes in redo-transplantation for the indication of CAV are favorable, efforts to better understand and minimize CAV are needed, especially in the face of scarce donor organs.
- Subjects
HEART transplantation; HOMOGRAFTS; CORONARY angiography
- Publication
Rhythmos, 2018, Vol 13, Issue 1, p9
- ISSN
1792-7919
- Publication type
Article