Is systemic inflammatory response in cardiac allograft vasculopathy : high-sensitive C-reactive protein associated with progressive luminal obstruction?
Progressive cardiac allograft vasculopathy is accompanied by a systemic inflammatory reaction, which gives further insight into the pathogenesis of this coronary syndrome and may well serve as an indicator for patients at risk.
Although cardiac retransplantation has immediate life-saving benefits, survival is lower compared with de novo cardiac transplantation due to higher rates of malignancy and infection.