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. 2023 Mar;37(3):e14883.
doi: 10.1111/ctr.14883. Epub 2022 Dec 20.

COVID-19-associated acute cellular rejection of a transplanted heart

Crystal Lihong Yan  1 , Gaurav Gupta  2 , Luiz Paulo Guido  3 , Philip Ruiz  3 , Eugene Joseph Bauerlein 3rd  4 , Nina Thakkar Rivera  4
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COVID-19-associated acute cellular rejection of a transplanted heart

Crystal Lihong Yan et al. Clin Transplant. 2023 Mar.
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The authors have no conflicts of interest related to this work.

Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
AlloMap, Allosure, and rejection levels of our patient over time. In patients ≥6 months post‐transplant, an Allomap score >34 is associated with a higher probability of acute rejection. However, the Allomap score must also be interpreted in relation to previous scores as a significant increase would also be considered a higher risk of rejection. For Allosure, >0.15% dd‐cfDNA is associated with a higher probability of acute rejection.
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Hematoxylin and eosin stain at (A) 4× magnification of myocardial tissue showing >2 foci of lymphocytic infiltrate associated with myocyte damage (asterisk) and endocardial inflammatory infiltrates (arrow) (B) 40× magnification showing endocardial inflammatory infiltrates (C) 40× magnification showing myocyte injury.
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