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Recurrence of cardiac sarcoidosis in a heart transplant recipient.

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Yager, JEE; Hernandez, AF; Steenbergen, C; Persing, B; Russell, SD; Milano, C; Felker, GM
Published in: J Heart Lung Transplant
November 2005

We present the case of a young man who received a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) as a bridge to transplantation for end-stage heart failure, in whom the diagnosis of sarcoid cardiomyopathy was made at the time of LVAD implantation. He subsequently underwent uncomplicated heart transplantation. Nineteen months later, a routine surveillance endomyocardial biopsy specimen demonstrated recurrence of sarcoidosis in the transplanted heart.

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Published In

J Heart Lung Transplant

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EISSN

1557-3117

Publication Date

November 2005

Volume

24

Issue

11

Start / End Page

1988 / 1990

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surgery
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Recurrence
  • Prednisone
  • Postoperative Period
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Myocardium
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Heart-Assist Devices
 

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Yager, J. E. E., Hernandez, A. F., Steenbergen, C., Persing, B., Russell, S. D., Milano, C., & Felker, G. M. (2005). Recurrence of cardiac sarcoidosis in a heart transplant recipient. J Heart Lung Transplant, 24(11), 1988–1990. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2005.02.016
Yager, Jonathan E. E., Adrian F. Hernandez, Charles Steenbergen, Bradley Persing, Stuart D. Russell, Carmelo Milano, and G Michael Felker. “Recurrence of cardiac sarcoidosis in a heart transplant recipient.J Heart Lung Transplant 24, no. 11 (November 2005): 1988–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2005.02.016.
Yager JEE, Hernandez AF, Steenbergen C, Persing B, Russell SD, Milano C, et al. Recurrence of cardiac sarcoidosis in a heart transplant recipient. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2005 Nov;24(11):1988–90.
Yager, Jonathan E. E., et al. “Recurrence of cardiac sarcoidosis in a heart transplant recipient.J Heart Lung Transplant, vol. 24, no. 11, Nov. 2005, pp. 1988–90. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.healun.2005.02.016.
Yager JEE, Hernandez AF, Steenbergen C, Persing B, Russell SD, Milano C, Felker GM. Recurrence of cardiac sarcoidosis in a heart transplant recipient. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2005 Nov;24(11):1988–1990.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Heart Lung Transplant

DOI

EISSN

1557-3117

Publication Date

November 2005

Volume

24

Issue

11

Start / End Page

1988 / 1990

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surgery
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Recurrence
  • Prednisone
  • Postoperative Period
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Myocardium
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Heart-Assist Devices