Criteria of detection and treatment of rejection crises following human cardiac transplantation in a series of 10 cases
Rottembourg, J.; Gandjbakhch, I.; de Vernejoul, P.; Mollereau, M.; Kin, G.; Fauchet, M.; Guiraudon, G.; Christides, C.; Mattei, M.F.; Luciani, J.; Legrain, M.; Cabrol, C.; Cabrol, A.
Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux 68(8): 801-804
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9683 PMID: 812435 Document Number: 92345
Analysis of a series of 10 cardiac transplantations confirmed that the reject phenomena have a paroxysmal course, the diagnosis of which is different according to the time occurence of the reject crises, whether early (acute early rejection) or late (late acute rejection or chronic rejection). Because of the early diagnosis based on the follow-up of the electrocardiogram, of coagulation, of the graft flow, overcome eight rejection crises on the 3 patients with middle-term survival.