Why the study?
Does compensatory dilation occur in transplant coronary artery disease over time?
Population
75 heart transplant recipients with 151 matched coronary segments selected for the presence of intimal…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 to 3 years
Authors
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Incomplete compensation may drive narrowing in transplant vasculopathy; leaves open whether segment-specific monitoring alters progression.
Does compensatory dilation occur in transplant coronary artery disease over time?
Serial IVUS demonstrates that while many coronary segments in heart transplant recipients undergo compensatory dilation early after transplantation, a substantial portion (22%) exhibit shrinkage or lack of compensation, contributing to progressive luminal narrowing.
Lim et al. (1997) studied this question.
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