Background: Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is an accelerated form of coronary artery disease (CAD) that is characterized by concentric fibrous intimal hyperplasia along the length of coronary vessels, and is recognized as long-term complication after heart transplantation. The chromosomal loci 9p21, 6q25.1, and 2q36.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: Diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and chronic kidney disease are prevalent in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). We have analysed the impact of co-morbidities on quality of life (QoL) and outcome.
Methods And Results: A total of 397 patients (58.