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Abstract
Cardiovascular disease is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality following solid organ transplantation. Many of the current immunosuppressive drugs are associated with an increase of one or more risk factors for the development of atherosclerosis. This review compares the mechanism by which individual immunosuppressive agents may impact on these risk factors and the differential contribution of cyclosporine, tacrolimus, mycophenolate, azathioprine, and Rapamycin to these individual risk factors. Attention to the potential cardiovascular toxicities of individual immunosuppressive agents may help design strategies for maintenance of immunosuppression tailored to individual patients.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12392286 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2002.20902.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Transplant ISSN: 1600-6135 Impact factor: 8.086