Heart transplant in a Sars-CoV-2 positive recipient: Management protocol of the world's first case.
Clin Transplant
; 37(8): e15045, 2023 08.
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| ID: mdl-37306944
ABSTRACT
The advent of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in China at the end of 2019 has developed into a global outbreak, and COVID- 19 is an ongoing major public health issue. During the pandemic, transplant programs had to devise strategies to deal with the possibility of COVID-19-positive donors and recipients. We describe the case of a heart transplant recipient who tested positive with the SARS- CoV2 swab upon admission to our Unit of Cardiac Surgery when a suitable donor became available. Given his clinical status of end-stage heart failure and the absence of imaging and clinical signs suggestive of COVID-19, and his having been vaccinated with three doses, we decided to proceed with the transplant.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Transplante de Coração
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COVID-19
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Transplant
Assunto da revista:
TRANSPLANTE
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália