Prediction of heart transplant rejection with a breath test for markers of oxidative stress.

Publication/Presentation Date

12-15-2004

Abstract

The Heart Allograft Rejection: Detection with Breath Alkanes in Low Levels study evaluated a breath test for oxidative stress in heart transplant recipients, and we report here a mathematical model predicting the probability of grade 3 rejection. The breath test divided the heart transplant recipients into 3 groups: positive for grade 3 rejection, negative for grade 3 rejection, and intermediate. The test was 100% sensitive for grade 3 heart transplant rejection when the p value was >/=0.98, and 100% specific when the p value was

Volume

94

Issue

12

First Page

1593

Last Page

1594

ISSN

0002-9149

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

15589029

Department(s)

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Document Type

Article

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