Pre-Operative SARS-CoV-2 Testing in Asymptomatic Heart Transplantation Recipients.

Peter-Paul ZwetslootWouter L SmitNiels P Van der KaaijMariusz K SzymanskiManon G Van der MeerLinda W Van LaakeAnnet TroelstraMarjolijn C A Wegdam-BlansMarish I F J Oerlemans

Published in: Biomedicines (2023)

Pre-operative SARS-CoV-2 screening in asymptomatic HTx recipients did not lead to any true positive cases. In 2% of the cases, screening resulted in a false positive test result. With the current Omicron variants, in combination with a low-prevalence situation, we propose to abandon pre-operative SARS-CoV-2 screening and initiate a symptom-driven approach for the general viral testing of patients who are called in for a potential HTx.

Keyphrases

sars cov
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
kidney transplantation
risk factors
gene expression
copy number
patient reported outcomes
dna methylation
risk assessment
human health