In two studies published in the American Journal of Transplantation.

PositionHEALTH BEAT - Heart transplantation - Brief article

In two studies published in the American Journal of Transplantation, researchers from Tufts University, Boston, Mass., determined that hyperlipidemia accelerates heart-transplant rejection whether the hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol and high triglycerides in the blood) was caused by genetics or solely by a high-fat diet. "It may be possible to Improve transplant outcomes by altering diets and developing therapies that target the...

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