Table 1: The frequency of each histopathological change in EMBs of 212 adult patients after heart transplantation.
Category | Endothelial swelling | Activated intracapillary mononuclears | Interstitial edema | Total |
Group C4d + (number of EMBs) | 38.8% | 22.3% | 34.7% | 16 (7.5%) patients 121 (9%) EMBs |
Group C4d - (number of EMBs) | 15.9% | 6.7% | 35.2% | 196 (92.4%) patients 1229 (91%) EMBs |
p-value | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | NS |
NS: Not Significant.