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