Long-Term Effect of Folic Acid Therapy in Heart Transplant Recipients : Follow-Up Analysis of a Randomized Study

Folic acid therapy reduces homocysteine plasma levels, which seem to influence occurrence of cardiac allograft vasculopathy, but its effect on medium- or long-term prognosis after heart transplantation is unknown. We analyzed 7-year outcome of 51 recipients randomized to receive 15 mg/day of methylt...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transplantation 2008-04, Vol.85 (8), p.1146-1150
Hauptverfasser:	POTENA, Luciano, GRIGIONI, Francesco, BRANZI, Angelo, MASETTI, Marco, MAGNANI, Gaia, COCCOLO, Fabio, FALLANI, Francesco, RUSSO, Antonio, PIZZUTI, Manuela, SCALONE, Antonella, BIANCHI, Isidoro G
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Biological and medical sciences Cause of Death Folic Acid - therapeutic use Follow-Up Studies Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Fundamental immunology Heart Transplantation - adverse effects Heart Transplantation - mortality Humans Medical sciences Metabolic diseases Middle Aged Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Tissue, organ and graft immunology Transplantation, Homologous Vascular Diseases - prevention & control
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