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FIG.67.19 Percentageofchildrenwithtransplantedheartsexperiencing
treatedrejectionbetweendischargeand1-yearfollow-upbyera.(Fromthe
registryoftheInternationalSocietyofHeartandLungTransplantation.J
HeartLungTransplant.2016;35(10):1185–1195.)
FIG.67.20 Kaplan-Meiersurvivalinchildrenwithtransplantedhearts
basedonthepresenceofrejectionwithinthefirstyearaftertransplantation.
(FromtheregistryoftheInternationalSocietyofHeartandLung
Transplantation.JHeartLungTransplant.2016;35(10):1185–1195.)
Thegoldstandardfordiagnosisofrejectionremainstheendomyocardial
biopsy.Thereis,however,tremendousvariabilityintheuseofroutine
surveillancebiopsies,withsomecenterscontinuingthemindefinitelyandothers
discontinuingthemafteraperiodoftimeposttransplant.63Biopsiesaregraded
accordingtotherevisedcriteriaoftheISHLT.64Foracutecellularrejection,
grade0Rindicatesnorejection,grade1Rrepresentsmildrejection,grade2R
indicatesmoderaterejection,andgrade3Rrepresentssevererejection.More
recently,toaidinthediagnosisandtreatmentofAMR,theISHLThasalso
developedapathology-basedAMRgradingsystem.65Therehavebeenmany
effortstoidentifyandvalidatenoninvasivetestsfordiagnosingrejection,
includingechocardiography,intramyocardialelectrography,andtheprofilingof
geneexpression.Asyetnononinvasivetesthasbeendevelopedtoconsistently
andaccuratelydiagnoseand/orpredictrejection.
Theincidenceofacuterejectionpeaksinthefirstmonthaftertransplantation
andthentapersoffby3months66(Fig.67.21).Morethan20%ofpediatricheart
transplantrecipientsexperiencerejectioninthefirstyear,with65%ofrecipients
experiencingatleastoneepisodeofrejectionatanytimeafterheart
transplantation.2,67DatafromPHTShaveshownanoveralldeclineinthe