Letter to the Editor “Long-term outcome of cardiac allograft vasculopathy: Importance of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation angiographic grading scale”

We read with great interest the article by Van Keer et al. assessing the long term outcomes of cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV).1 We commend the authors on their large well-characterized dataset over a 25-year period, and for contributing knowledge on an important disease we do not yet fully understand. Importantly, this is one of the largest analysis and external validation of the ISHLT CAV classification system.2 We believe a few points merit further consideration.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - January 31, 2020 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Caroline McGuinty, Yasbanoo Moayedi, Sharon Chih Tags: Case Anecdotes, Comments and Opinions Source Type: research