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Chronic Rejection and Atherosclerosis in Post-Transplant Cardiovascular Mortality: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) as defined by the American Heart Association includes ischaemic heart disease, stroke, heart failure and thromboembolism [1]. Solid organ transplantation is associated with an increased risk of CVD morbidity and mortality [2], a relationship which was first observed in the context of kidney transplantation by Foley in 1998 [3]. This manifests clinically as an increased rate of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), defined as the composite of cardiac death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, non-fatal stroke, unstable angina and heart failure [4,5].
Source: Heart, Lung and Circulation - November 27, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Afolarin A. Otunla, Kumaran Shanmugarajah, Maria Lucia Madariaga, Alun H. Davies, Joseph Shalhoub Tags: Editorial Source Type: research