Value of a flow cytometry cross‐match in the setting of a negative complement‐dependent cytotoxicity cross‐match in heart transplant recipients
Keeshan BC, O'Connor MJ, Lin KY, Monos D, Lind C, Mascio CE, Rame JE, Spray TL, Shaddy RE, Rossano JW. Value of a flow cytometry cross‐match in the setting of a negative complement‐dependent cytotoxicity cross‐match in heart transplant recipients. Clinical Transplantation 2017, 31 PMID: 28766759, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.13064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart transplant recipientsGraft survivalPositive FCXMHeart transplantationTransplant recipientsT cellsB cellsNegative complement-dependent cytotoxicityCox proportional hazard modelingDecreased graft survivalOrgan Sharing databaseHLA-specific antibodiesKaplan-Meier analysisCross-match resultsProportional hazard modelingDifferent patient cohortsComplement-dependent cytotoxicityXM patientsGraft failureSharing databaseUnited NetworkPatient cohortInclusion criteriaCross matchClinical relevance