Peri-operative desensitization for highly sensitized heart transplant patients

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Cardiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Nephrology and HLA Laboratory, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Cardiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Ted Rogers Center for Heart Research, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: heather.ross@uhn.ca.

Mosaad Alhussein et al. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2018 May.

. 2018 May;37(5):667-670.

doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2017.12.005. Epub 2017 Dec 7.

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Cardiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Nephrology and HLA Laboratory, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Cardiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Ted Rogers Center for Heart Research, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: heather.ross@uhn.ca.

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Peri-operative desensitization-A promising strategy for overcoming the antibody barrier in heart transplantation.
Patel JK. Patel JK. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2018 May;37(5):577-578. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2018.02.008. Epub 2018 Feb 17. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2018. PMID: 29519740 No abstract available.