Heart Transplantation Complicated by COVID-19 Infection

The influence of Coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) on heart transplantation is considerable. Reports of COVID-19 infection in recently transplanted patients are scarce. We present a 60-year-old male patient with COVID-19 infection, diagnosed 6 days after transplantation. His clinical course revealed 2 pha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Martens, Thomas, Hens, Lineke, De Pauw, Michel, Van Belleghem, Yves
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8285367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34283959
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.07.003
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Sumario:The influence of Coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) on heart transplantation is considerable. Reports of COVID-19 infection in recently transplanted patients are scarce. We present a 60-year-old male patient with COVID-19 infection, diagnosed 6 days after transplantation. His clinical course revealed 2 phases. Initially, there were mild respiratory symptoms for which he was treated with remdesivir and noninvasive respiratory support. In a second phase with clinical deterioration on postoperative day 22, further respiratory decline led to the administration of convalescent plasma, with satisfactory response and further improvement of his condition.

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