1. A long-term follow-up after cardiac transplantation in a lupus patient: case report and review of the literature
- Author
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Gisele Zandman-Goddard, Pnina Langevitz, Merav Lidar, Nurit Tweezer-Zaks, Yedial Har-Zahav, and Avi Livneh
- Subjects
Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,Time Factors ,Long term follow up ,medicine.medical_treatment ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,History and Philosophy of Science ,immune system diseases ,Medicine ,Humans ,Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic ,In patient ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,Heart transplantation ,Systemic lupus erythematosus ,business.industry ,General Neuroscience ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Transplantation ,surgical procedures, operative ,Heart Transplantation ,Female ,business ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
Heart or heart-lung transplantations have only rarely been performed in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), who like other patients with multi-system autoimmune diseases are traditionally excluded from consideration for such transplantations. In view of the limited experience with heart transplantation in these patients, we report the successful transplantation outcome in a lupus patient and review the literature in relation to graft and recipient conditions.
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- 2007