Use of TandemHeart as Bridge to Recovery for Antibody-Mediated Rejection in a Heart Transplant Patient.

JACC Case Rep

Section of Cardiomyopathy and Heart Transplantation, Division of Cardiology, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, The University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Published: December 2020

Antibody-mediated rejection is a major cause of graft failure, mortality, and morbidity among cardiac transplant recipients. We present the first reported case of TandemHeart (LivaNova, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) used in the management of antibody-mediated rejection associated with cardiogenic shock. ().

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8305082PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.11.001DOI Listing

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