Contribution of recipient-derived cells in allograft neointima formation and the response to stent implantation.

Allograft coronary disease is the dominant cause of increased risk of death after cardiac transplantation. While the percutaneous insertion of stents is the most efficacious revascularization strategy for allograft coronary disease there is a high incidence of stent renarrowing. We developed a novel...

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Main Authors: Xiaoli Ma, Benjamin Hibbert, Dawn White, Richard Seymour, Stewart C Whitman, Edward R O'Brien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2267220?pdf=render