title: A long-term follow-up after cardiac transplantation in a lupus patient: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Unit, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
authors.forename: Nurit
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tweezer-Zaks
authors.forename: Gisele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zandman-Goddard
authors.forename: Merav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lidar
authors.forename: Yedial
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Har-Zahav
authors.forename: Avi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Livneh
authors.forename: Pnina
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Langevitz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors