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Pediatric Heart Transplant Rejection After COVID-19 Infection.

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Shea, EV; Sinicropi, NL; Cusick, MF; Rabah, R; Lim, HM; Schumacher, KR; McCormick, AD; Peng, DM
Published in: Transplant Proc
October 2023

BACKGROUND: Infections have been associated with rejection episodes in solid organ transplant recipients. We report an association between COVID-19 infection and heart transplant (HT) rejection. CASE DESCRIPTION: The patient was 14 years old and 6.5 years post-HT. He developed symptoms of rejection within 2 weeks of COVID exposure and presumed infection. CONCLUSIONS: In this case, COVID-19 infection closely preceded significant rejection and graft dysfunction. Further study is needed to establish a correlation between COVID-19 infection and rejection in HT patients.

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Published In

Transplant Proc

DOI

EISSN

1873-2623

Publication Date

October 2023

Volume

55

Issue

8

Start / End Page

1858 / 1861

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Transplant Recipients
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Heart Transplantation
  • Graft Rejection
  • COVID-19
  • Adolescent
  • 3204 Immunology
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Shea, E. V., Sinicropi, N. L., Cusick, M. F., Rabah, R., Lim, H. M., Schumacher, K. R., … Peng, D. M. (2023). Pediatric Heart Transplant Rejection After COVID-19 Infection. Transplant Proc, 55(8), 1858–1861. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2023.04.021
Shea, Erin V., Natalie L. Sinicropi, Matthew F. Cusick, Raja Rabah, Heang M. Lim, Kurt R. Schumacher, Amanda D. McCormick, and David M. Peng. “Pediatric Heart Transplant Rejection After COVID-19 Infection.Transplant Proc 55, no. 8 (October 2023): 1858–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2023.04.021.
Shea EV, Sinicropi NL, Cusick MF, Rabah R, Lim HM, Schumacher KR, et al. Pediatric Heart Transplant Rejection After COVID-19 Infection. Transplant Proc. 2023 Oct;55(8):1858–61.
Shea, Erin V., et al. “Pediatric Heart Transplant Rejection After COVID-19 Infection.Transplant Proc, vol. 55, no. 8, Oct. 2023, pp. 1858–61. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2023.04.021.
Shea EV, Sinicropi NL, Cusick MF, Rabah R, Lim HM, Schumacher KR, McCormick AD, Peng DM. Pediatric Heart Transplant Rejection After COVID-19 Infection. Transplant Proc. 2023 Oct;55(8):1858–1861.
Journal cover image

Published In

Transplant Proc

DOI

EISSN

1873-2623

Publication Date

October 2023

Volume

55

Issue

8

Start / End Page

1858 / 1861

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Transplant Recipients
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Heart Transplantation
  • Graft Rejection
  • COVID-19
  • Adolescent
  • 3204 Immunology
  • 3202 Clinical sciences