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Successful heart transplantation in a patient who recovered from COVID‐19
Author(s) -
Johnstad Christine M.,
Murray David,
Dhingra Ravi,
Smith Jason W.,
Fiedler Amy G.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.15331
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , pandemic , transplantation , intensive care medicine , heart transplantation , coronavirus , organ transplantation , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , surgery , pathology , outbreak
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.