Heart Transplantation

Question 1

CAV frequency

Answer 1

• within 1 year after transplant 10% of Htx recipients are diagnosed with CAV
• by 10 years more than 50%

Question 2

CAV risk factors

Answer 2

> donor age, donor history of hypertension, OKT3 for induction, maintenance with azathioprine and cyclosporine, CMV “mismatch”
< congenital heart disease, female donor or recipient gender