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Circulation ; 105(15): 1768-71, 2002 Apr 16.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11956116

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BACKGROUND: Endothelin-1 (ET-1), a potent vasoconstrictor, is released in response to several inflammatory cytokines after heart transplantation. The present study correlated patterns of myocardial ET-1 expression in heart biopsies with acute rejection, post-transplantation ischemic injury, and subsequent development of coronary vasculopathy. METHODS AND RESULTS: Patterns of myocardial ET-1 expression were evaluated in 47 heart transplant recipients at 3 months after transplant. Transplant vasculopathy was documented by coronary angiography at 2 years after transplant. Expression of ET-1 was tabulated for both blood vessels and the interstitium. Vascular ET-1 expression was positive in 7/17 (41%) of patients with greater than grade 2 (International Society Heart Lung Transplant) rejection compared with 3/30 (10%) of patients with grade 0 and grade 1A rejection (P=0.02). Compared with patients with negative interstitial ET-1 expression (n=22), patients with positive interstitial ET-1 expression (n=25) had higher incidence of post-transplantation ischemic injury (52% versus 9%, P=0.002), lower mean episodes of acute rejection (> or = grade 2) during the first 3 months of transplant (1.09+/-0.66 versus 1.86+/-1.6, P=0.048), and more common vasculopathy at 2 years (50% versus 15%, P=0.02), and they tended to have worse survival (83.2% versus 100%, P=0.058). CONCLUSIONS: Vascular ET-1 expression is likely to be associated with acute rejection. Interstitial ET-1 expression, however, is more likely to be associated with post-transplantation ischemic injury and subsequent development of coronary vasculopathy.


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Endotelina-1/metabolismo , Transplante de Coração , Miocárdio/metabolismo , Angiografia Coronária , Doença das Coronárias/diagnóstico por imagem , Doença das Coronárias/etiologia , Doença das Coronárias/metabolismo , Vasos Coronários/metabolismo , Rejeição de Enxerto/metabolismo , Transplante de Coração/efeitos adversos , Transplante de Coração/diagnóstico por imagem , Transplante de Coração/mortalidade , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Isquemia Miocárdica/diagnóstico por imagem , Isquemia Miocárdica/etiologia , Isquemia Miocárdica/metabolismo , Taxa de Sobrevida , Resultado do Tratamento
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