TY - GEN
T1 - A long-term follow-up after cardiac transplantation in a lupus patient
T2 - Case report and review of the literature
AU - Tweezer-Zaks, Nurit
AU - Zandman-Goddard, Gisele
AU - Lidar, Merav
AU - Har-Zahav, Yedial
AU - Livneh, Avi
AU - Langevitz, Pnina
PY - 2007/9
Y1 - 2007/9
N2 - Heart or heart-lung transplantations have only rarely been performed in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), who like other patients with multi-system autoimmune diseases are traditionally excluded from consideration for such transplantations. In view of the limited experience with heart transplantation in these patients, we report the successful transplantation outcome in a lupus patient and review the literature in relation to graft and recipient conditions.
AB - Heart or heart-lung transplantations have only rarely been performed in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), who like other patients with multi-system autoimmune diseases are traditionally excluded from consideration for such transplantations. In view of the limited experience with heart transplantation in these patients, we report the successful transplantation outcome in a lupus patient and review the literature in relation to graft and recipient conditions.
KW - Heart transplantation
KW - SLE
KW - Systemic lupus erythematosus
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=35748952833&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1196/annals.1423.057
DO - 10.1196/annals.1423.057
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C2 - 17911469
AN - SCOPUS:35748952833
SN - 1573317098
SN - 9781573317092
T3 - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
SP - 539
EP - 543
BT - Autoimmunity, Part B Novel Applications of Basic Research
PB - Blackwell Publishing Inc.
ER -