Total lymphoid irradiation in heart transplantation: Adjunctive treatment for recurrent rejection

Total lymphoid irradiation in heart transplantation: Adjunctive treatment for recurrent rejection

In the face of recurrent heart transplant graft rejection refractory to all conventional immunotherapy, retransplantation is customary treatment. The case of a heart transplant recipient unsuitable for retransplantation whose recurrent rejection was successfully treated with postoperative total lymp...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Annals of thoracic surgery 1989-12, Vol.48 (6), p.863-864
Hauptverfasser: Frist, William H., Winterland, Anne W., Gerhardt, Edward B., Merrill, Walter H., Atkinson, James B., Eastburn, Ted E., Stewart, James R., Eisert, Donald K.
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Sprache:eng
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550603 - Medicine- External Radiation in Therapy- (1980-)
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
BODY
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
DRUGS
Graft Rejection - radiation effects
GRAFT-HOST REACTION
HEART
Heart Transplantation - immunology
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents - therapeutic use
IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DRUGS
IRRADIATION
Lymphatic Irradiation
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
Male
Medical sciences
MEDICINE
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ORGANS
RADIOLOGY
RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
RADIOTHERAPY
Radiotherapy Dosage
Recurrence
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the heart
THERAPY
TRANSPLANTS
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Zusammenfassung:In the face of recurrent heart transplant graft rejection refractory to all conventional immunotherapy, retransplantation is customary treatment. The case of a heart transplant recipient unsuitable for retransplantation whose recurrent rejection was successfully treated with postoperative total lymphoid irradiation is described.
ISSN:0003-4975
1552-6259
DOI:10.1016/0003-4975(89)90689-9