Cardiac-Specific Troponin I Levels and Risk of Coronary Artery Disease and Graft Failure Following Heart Transplantation

6][17][18][19] It has been proposed that rejection episodes should lead to elevated serum troponin T concentrations following myocyte necrosis. 15However, data regarding this issue are controversial.1][22][23] Recipients who eventually develop transplant CAD or allograft failure show a prothrombogenic microvasculature and the presence of myocardial cell damage during the early months after transplantation. 20,22,23