Multiple Micro-Neo-Vessels Detected by Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) May Predict a Progression of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy in Posttransplant Recipients

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Toshiaki Suzuki (Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital) ;
Tomoko Sugiyama Kato (Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital) ;
Tenjin Nishikura (Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital) ;
Keita Shibata (Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital) ;
Kaoru Tanno (Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital) ;
Kohei Wakabayashi (Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital)

This work was in part funded by the grant of Okawa Foundation for Information and Telecommunication to Kato TS.

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