Increased macrophage density of cardiac allograft biopsies is associated with antibody‐mediated rejection and alloantibodies to HLA antigens

Antibody‐mediated rejection (AMR) is characterized histologically by intracapillary macrophages. Macrophage density may be an alternative method of determining inflammatory changes in AMR.

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