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Introduction
Cardiac involvement may occur in many forms of muscular dystrophy (MD). While cardiac disease may progress to warrant heart transplantation (HTx), there may be contraindications related to extra‐cardiac disease including pulmonary and skeletal muscle involvement that limit overall survival and impairs post‐transplant rehabilitation efforts. This study describes the MD HTx experience...
Background
Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) causes late graft dysfunction and post‐transplant mortality. Currently, the effects of different donor‐specific antibodies (DSA) on the severity of CAV remain unclear.
Method
We evaluated 526 adult heart transplant recipients at a single center between January 2010 and August 2015. Subjects were divided into those with DSA (n = 142) and those without...