Profound hyperacute cardiac allograft rejection rescue with biventricular mechanical circulatory support and plasmapheresis, intravenous immunoglobulin, and rituximab therapy

Hyperacute rejection is a rare but potentially catastrophic complication after cardiac transplantation. We describe an unusual case of hyperacute rejection due to preformed anti-donor antibodies despite a negative preoperative panel-reactive antibody (PRA) screen. An excellent outcome was achieved i...

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Autores principales: Kaczorowski, David J, Datta, Jashodeep, Kamoun, Malek, Dries, Daniel L, Woo, Y Joseph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3626898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23497431
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-8-48

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3626898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23497431
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-8-48

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