Successful heart transplantation in a patient who recovered from COVID-19 - PubMed (original) (raw)

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. 2021 Mar;36(3):1148-1149.

doi: 10.1111/jocs.15331. Epub 2021 Jan 15.

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Successful heart transplantation in a patient who recovered from COVID-19

Christine M Johnstad et al. J Card Surg. 2021 Mar.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease-2019 has created unprecedented challenges for society, and specifically the medical community. While the pandemic continues to unfold, the transplant community has had to pivot to keep recipients, donors, and institutional transplant teams safe given the unique circumstances inherent to solid organ transplantation.

Keywords: COVID-19; heart transplantation.

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