Mid-Term Effectiveness of Everolimus on Heart Transplant Recipients with Renal Dysfunction or Transplant Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis

Everolimus (EVL) can be utilized after heart reduce calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) associated nephrotoxicity, due to cell cycle inhibitor adverse effects, and as adjunct therapy for rejection and cardiac allograft vasculopathy (TCAV). Since 2007, we have primarily considered converting from mycophenolate mofetil with standard-dose CNIs to EVL with low-dose CNIs for the following recipients: 1) recipients with impaired renal function; 2) those with increases in or an initially large maximal intimal thickness (MIT) on routine intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) examinations; 3) donor derived TCAV; and 4) those with MMF-related leukopenia.
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Tags: (670) Source Type: research