Invasive assessment of the coronary microvasculature: the index of microcirculatory resistance

WF Fearon, Y Kobayashi - Circulation: Cardiovascular …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Traditionally, invasive coronary physiological assessment has focused on the epicardial
coronary artery. More recently, appreciation of the importance of the coronary …

Defenders and challengers of endothelial barrier function

N Rahimi - Frontiers in immunology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Regulated vascular permeability is an essential feature of normal physiology and its
dysfunction is associated with major human diseases ranging from cancer to inflammation …

The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) guidelines for the care of heart transplant recipients

A Velleca, MA Shullo, K Dhital, E Azeka… - The Journal of Heart …, 2023 - jhltonline.org
Cochrane, Maria Crespo Leiro, Anne Dipchand, Brian Feingold, Kathleen Grady, Edward
Horn, Maryl Johnson, Donna Mancini, Sean Pinney, Heather Ross, Kari Wujcik, Andreas …

Cell-free DNA to detect heart allograft acute rejection

S Agbor-Enoh, P Shah, I Tunc, S Hsu, S Russell… - Circulation, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: After heart transplantation, endomyocardial biopsy (EMBx) is used to monitor
for acute rejection (AR). Unfortunately, EMBx is invasive, and its conventional histological …

Cardiac allograft vasculopathy: the enduring enemy of cardiac transplantation

AP Nikolova, JA Kobashigawa - Transplantation, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Cardiac allograft vasculopathy remains a major limiting factor in the long-term survival of the
heart transplant recipient. Our understanding of its pathogenesis is continuously evolving as …

Prognostic value of comprehensive intracoronary physiology assessment early after heart transplantation

JM Ahn, FM Zimmermann, S Arora… - European Heart …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Aims We evaluated the long-term prognostic value of invasively assessing coronary
physiology after heart transplantation in a large multicentre registry. Methods and results …

Fibrotic plaque and microvascular dysfunction predict early cardiac allograft vasculopathy progression after heart transplantation: the early post transplant cardiac …

S Chih, AY Chong, V Džavík, DY So… - Circulation: Heart …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Early cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) prognostication is needed to
improve long-term outcomes after heart transplantation. We characterized first year …

Targeting the mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter complex in cardiovascular disease

O Lozano, P Marcos, FJ Salazar‐Ramirez… - Acta …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), the leading cause of death worldwide, share in common
mitochondrial dysfunction, in specific a dysregulation of Ca2+ uptake dynamics through the …

PET myocardial blood flow for post-transplant surveillance and cardiac allograft vasculopathy in heart transplant recipients

A Feher, EJ Miller - Current Cardiology Reports, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is a late-occurring
complication of heart transplantation significantly limiting overall graft survival. In the last few …

Microcirculatory resistance predicts allograft rejection and cardiac events after heart transplantation

JM Ahn, FM Zimmermann, L Gullestad… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - jacc.org
Background Single-center data suggest that the index of microcirculatory resistance (IMR)
measured early after heart transplantation predicts subsequent acute rejection. Objectives …