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Impact of Coronary Artery Calcification in the Donor Heart on Transmitted Coronary Artery Disease in Heart Transplant Recipients

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2018

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Yuki Kimura, Osamu Seguchi, Keiichiro Iwasaki, Köichi Toda, Noriko Kikuchi, Sachi Matsuda, Yuto Kumai, Kensuke Kuroda, Kyoichi Wada, Yorihiko Matsumoto,
Circulation Journal

Abstract

Donor-heart CAC is a significant predictor for MIT of the coronary artery ≥0.5 mm after HTx. The presence of CAC, however, is not associated with future cardiac events. The higher prevalence of everolimus use in the CAC group may have affected the results.

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