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 lymphoid irradiation is described.
Frist
W H
WH
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Winterland
A W
AW
Gerhardt
E B
EB
Merrill
W H
WH
Atkinson
J B
JB
Eastburn
T E
TE
Stewart
J R
JR
Eisert
D R
DR
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
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents