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Editorial
. 2013;40(4):400-2.

Cardiac allograft vasculopathy: a complex multifactorial sequela of heart transplantation

Ana Maria Segura  1 , L Maximilian Buja
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Editorial

Cardiac allograft vasculopathy: a complex multifactorial sequela of heart transplantation

Ana Maria Segura et al. Tex Heart Inst J. 2013.
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Fig. 1 A) Histologic section of a coronary artery branch in the epicardial-myocardial junction shows concentric intimal and medial hyperplasia, occasional foamy cells, and scant inflammatory infiltrate (H & E, orig. ×40). B) Masson trichrome-stained histologic section of a coronary artery branch in the epicardial-myocardial junction shows concentric intimal and medial hyperplasia (orig. ×40). C) Movat pentachrome-stained histologic section of a coronary artery branch shows concentric intimal and medial hyperplasia with irregular internal elastic lamina (orig. ×40).
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