title: Total lymphoid irradiation in heart transplantation: adjunctive treatment for recurrent rejection.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Frist
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Winterland
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Gerhardt
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Merrill
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Atkinson
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Eastburn
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Eisert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000528:radiation effects*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015182:Lymphatic Irradiation; D008297:Male; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents