Blood Cancer Journal (May 2021)

High incidence of thromboembolism in patients with chronic GVHD: association with severity of GVHD and donor-recipient ABO blood group

  • Najla El Jurdi,
  • Heba Elhusseini,
  • Joan Beckman,
  • Todd E. DeFor,
  • Grigori Okoev,
  • John Rogosheske,
  • Aleksandr Lazaryan,
  • Kristen Weiler,
  • Veronika Bachanova,
  • Brian C. Betts,
  • Bruce R. Blazar,
  • Claudio G. Brunstein,
  • Fiona He,
  • Shernan G. Holtan,
  • Murali Janakiram,
  • Radhika Gangaraju,
  • Joseph Maakaron,
  • Margaret L. MacMillan,
  • Armin Rashidi,
  • Erica D. Warlick,
  • Smita Bhatia,
  • Gregory Vercellotti,
  • Daniel J. Weisdorf,
  • Mukta Arora

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41408-021-00488-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 5
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Key points Patients with chronic GVHD after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation are at high risk for thromboembolic events occurring years after diagnosis. More severe chronic GVHD, non-O donor-recipient ABO compared to O-O match and personal history of coronary artery disease are associated with higher risk of thromboembolic events.