Acute Cellular Rejection after Heart Transplantation Dramatically Subsequent Risk of Mortality, Particularly among African Americans

African Americans (AA) have worse survival compared to Caucasians after heart transplantation (HTx). We assessed whether AA are at higher risk of acute cellular rejection (ACR), graft failure (GF) and cancer when compared to Caucasians and Other races in the modern era.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 31, 2020 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Y. Moayedi, C.S. Fan, S. Purewal, J. Han, W.A. Yang, E.J. Henricksen, K.Y. Feng, S. Duclos, A. Lyapin, R. Lee, E. Chang, J. Gordon, H.J. Ross, K. Khush, J.J. Teuteberg Tags: (583) Source Type: research