Association between homograft tissue exposure and allosensitization prior to heart transplant in patients with congenital heart disease.

Denis J Donovan Marc E RichmondEmile A BachaLinda J AddonizioWarren A Zuckerman

Published in: Pediatric transplantation (2021)

Previous exposure to homograft tissue appears to increase the odds of pre-sensitization by either the PRA or SAB testing. Longer exposure time to homograft tissue prior to transplant is associated with increased pre-sensitization at transplant as determined by PRA, though not by SAB testing.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
heart failure
prognostic factors
atrial fibrillation
patient reported outcomes
patient reported