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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy secondary to tacrolimus therapy in a kidney transplant patient: A case report and focused review of the literature.

Guillermo Hernández SilvaRicardo Giovanni Puerto ChaparroJavier Álvaro Martínez MeloCristian Orlando Porras BuenoJavier Eduardo Martínez RodríguezSharon Julieth González Trillos
Published in: Clinical case reports (2022)
Calcineurin inhibitors have become a pillar of immunosuppressive treatment in solid organ transplant recipients. Several case reports have shown hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathy as an adverse effect to tacrolimus therapy. We present the case of a kidney transplant recipient woman who developed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy due to tacrolimus therapy.
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