Predisposing factors for late mortality in heart transplant patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Low CD4+ cell percentages, sustained inflammation, relevant organ rejections, early onset of transplant vasculopathy and no use of beta-blockers are risk factors for higher mortality in a long-term follow-up after heart transplantation.
PMID: 32052856 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Cardiology Journal - February 12, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Alyaydin E, Welp H, Reinecke H, Tuleta I Tags: Cardiol J Source Type: research