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Factors influencing transfusion-associated HLA sensitization in patients bridged to heart transplantation using ventricular assist device.

Jae ElkindJuliana SobczykOscar Ostberg-BraunJorge Silva EncisoEric AdlerGerald P Morris
Published in: Clinical transplantation (2019)
Our findings indicate that the presence of anti-HLA antibodies pre-VAD was the most significant risk factor for developing additional antibodies post-VAD, suggesting that a subset of patients may be predisposed to alloantibody formation.
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