Volume 119, Issue 4, Pages 1064-1074 (October 2000) Hepatitis virus infections in heart transplant recipients: Epidemiology, natural history, characteristics, and impact on survival Françoise Lunel, Jean–François Cadranel, Michel Rosenheim, Richard Dorent, Vincent Di–Martino, Christopher Payan, Catherine Fretz, Jean–Jacques Ghoussoub, Brigitte Bernard, Bruno Dumont, Michèle Perrin, Iranj Gandjbachkh, Jean Marie Huraux, Lieven Stuyver, Pierre Opolon Gastroenterology Volume 119, Issue 4, Pages 1064-1074 (October 2000) DOI: 10.1053/gast.2000.17951 Copyright © 2000 American Gastroenterological Association Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Chronology of HBV infections in HTRs according to the different transmitted strains identified by molecular analysis. The presumed source of HBV infection is indicated above each transmitted HBV strain. Gastroenterology 2000 119, 1064-1074DOI: (10.1053/gast.2000.17951) Copyright © 2000 American Gastroenterological Association Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 ALT and HBV-DNA (in patients infected with HBV) levels (log pg/L) during the course of hepatitis (after onset of hepatitis, JH0) in HTRs with HBV infection, HCV infection, HBV-HCV coinfection, and non–A-E hepatitis. Gastroenterology 2000 119, 1064-1074DOI: (10.1053/gast.2000.17951) Copyright © 2000 American Gastroenterological Association Terms and Conditions
Fig. 3 Knodell score activity in heart transplant patients with (A) HBV and (B) HCV infection who underwent 2 liver biopsies (1, first biopsy; 2, second biopsy). Gastroenterology 2000 119, 1064-1074DOI: (10.1053/gast.2000.17951) Copyright © 2000 American Gastroenterological Association Terms and Conditions
Fig. 4 Survival curves of HT patients with hepatitis B, C, and B and C infections vs. those with normal liver test results, 15 years after HT. Gastroenterology 2000 119, 1064-1074DOI: (10.1053/gast.2000.17951) Copyright © 2000 American Gastroenterological Association Terms and Conditions
Fig. 5 Number of patients who developed postgraft hepatitis B, C, B and C, and non–A-E infections among HT patients between 1983 and 1992. Gastroenterology 2000 119, 1064-1074DOI: (10.1053/gast.2000.17951) Copyright © 2000 American Gastroenterological Association Terms and Conditions