Clinical course and challenging management of early COVID-19 infection after heart transplantation: case report of two patients.

Vincent Tchana-SatoArnaud AncionJulien TridettiNatzi SakalihasanMarie Pierre HayetteOlivier DetryPhilippe DelvennePhilippe AmabiliMarc SenardOlivier HougrandDelphine SzecelJean-Paul LavigneElie Minga LowampaCharlotte PonteIsabelle MaquoiPhilippe MorimontMelissa Van Den BulckMarie Helene DelbouilleJean Olivier DefraignePatrizio Lancellotti

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2021)

These two cases illustrate the severity and poor prognosis of COVID-19 in the perioperative period of a heart transplant. Thorough screening of donors and recipients is mandatory, and the issue of asymptomatic carriers needs to be addressed.

Keyphrases

poor prognosis
case report
long non coding rna
end stage renal disease
sars cov
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
coronavirus disease
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
cardiac surgery
atrial fibrillation