Artery disease characterized by plaque building up along the inner walls of the arteries of the heart resulting in a narrowing of the arteries and a reduced blood supply to the cardiac muscles.
Background: Accelerated coronaryarteriosclerosis is the major obstacle to long-term survival after cardiac transplantation.
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CCT provides high spatial resolution, making it useful for the identification of coronaryarteriosclerosis associated with ischemic cardiomyopathy.
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We hypothesized that an early constrictor response to acetylcholine, indicative of endothelial dysfunction, may predict the development of transplant coronaryarteriosclerosis.
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Graft coronaryarteriosclerosis begins between 3 and 5 days posttransplantation and progresses without continuous allogeneic immunological drive.
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The autopsy showed little save chronic myocarditis with brown atrophy, calcification of part of thyroid, non-united fracture of neck of left femur, moderate coronaryarteriosclerosis.