HLA Matching in Cardiac Transplantation - Impact on Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy, Rejection and Donor Specific Antibodies

HLA matching is not current practice in heart transplant (HT) donor allocation due to scarcity of donor organs and ischemic time. However HLA mismatch might adversely affect transplant outcomes. Even if HLA matching is not possible the degree of HLA mismatch might help inform clinicians on a patients risk for long term transplant complications.
Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: 456 Source Type: research