Tissue Characterization of Progressive Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy in Patients With Everolimus Therapy Compared With Donor-Transmitted Atherosclerosis Assessed Using Serial Intravascular Imaging: A Case Report |
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Authors: | T. Watanabe J. Kotani Y. Murata O. Seguchi M. Yanase T. Nakatani |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Transplantation, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan;2. Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan |
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Abstract: | Using serial intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), integrated-backscatter IVUS, and optical coherence tomography, we observed rapidly progressive cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) and donor-transmitted plaque in the left anterior descending artery. Late-phase everolimus-resistant CAV had a rapidly progressive course (maximal intimal thickness [MIT] increased by 0.5 mm between years 3 and 4 after cardiac transplantation, from MIT growth <0.5 mm at year 1). Conversely, the donor-transmitted plaque grew slowly (0.1 mm increase during the same period). Tissue characteristics in the 2 segments were also different; CAV had eccentric, noncalcified, and lipid-rich components and was associated with macrophage accumulation, whereas donor-transmitted atherosclerosis presented with typical features of atherosclerosis (ie, fibrocalcific plaque). CAV with late-phase progression involves everolimus resistance and features of vulnerable plaques seen in nontransplantation patients and is independent of donor-transmitted atherosclerosis. |
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