title: Pathogenesis of acute graft-versus-host disease after open heart surgery.
abstract: Acute Graft-versus-Host disease (GVHD) generally occurs after allogenic bone marrow transplantation and in immunocompromised patients who have received blood products containing viable lymphocytes. A recently recognized association is that of acute GVHD in the transfused post-open heart surgery patient. The factors that converge after open heart surgery that allow the engraftment and proliferation of donor lymphocytes are discussed and a hypothesis is developed to link the acute GVHD and open heart surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11219.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arsura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bertelle
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007107:Immune System / Q000503:physiopathology; D008954:Models, Biological; D065227:Transfusion Reaction; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications