Heart and Lung Transplants from HCV-Infected Donors to Uninfected Recipients | Zendy

Ann E. Woolley | Zendy; Steve K. Singh | Zendy; Hilary J. Goldberg | Zendy; Hari R. Mallidi | Zendy; Michael M. Givertz | Zendy; Mandeep R. Mehra | Zendy; Antonio Coppolino | Zendy; Amanda E. Kusztos | Zendy; Megan Johnson | Zendy; Kaiwen Chen | Zendy; Esther Arbona Haddad | Zendy; John Fanikos | Zendy; David P. Harrington | Zendy; Phillip C. Camp | Zendy; Lindsey R. Baden | Zendy

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Heart and Lung Transplants from HCV-Infected Donors to Uninfected Recipients

Author(s) -

Ann E. Woolley,

Steve K. Singh,

Hilary J. Goldberg,

Hari R. Mallidi,

Michael M. Givertz,

Mandeep R. Mehra,

Antonio Coppolino,

Amanda E. Kusztos,

Megan Johnson,

Kaiwen Chen,

Esther Arbona Haddad,

John Fanikos,

David P. Harrington,

Phillip C. Camp,

Lindsey R. Baden

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

new england journal of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889

H-Index - 1030

eISSN - 1533-4406

pISSN - 0028-4793

DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1812406

Subject(s) - lung , virology , medicine , intensive care medicine , cardiology

Hearts and lungs from donors with hepatitis C viremia are typically not transplanted. The advent of direct-acting antiviral agents to treat hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has raised the possibility of substantially increasing the donor organ pool by enabling the transplantation of hearts and lungs from HCV-infected donors into recipients who do not have HCV infection.

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