Is cardiac allograft rejection late after transplantation a risk factor for graft coronary artery disease?
Rejection requiring augmentation of immunosuppression early and late after transplantation is an independent risk factor for the development of angiographically detectable graft CAD. Hence, the search for and treatment of moderate or severe rejection seems to be prudent even late after transplantation.
The nonlinear patterns that emerged indicate support for the role of these health perceptions in screening, the idea that behavioral readiness may moderate the relationship between important health perceptions, and the use of the stage construct in this context.