Cardiac valve operations after solid organ transplantation: A single center experience
Cardiac valve operations in patients who had undergone solid organ (kidney, liver, pancreas, heart and lung) transplantation pose unique challenges, due to the patient comorbidities and to the need for immunosuppressive therapy. Aim of this retrospective study was to present our experience with solid-organ transplanted patients who had undergone cardiac valve operation at the time or after transplantation.
Source: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Fabio Ius, Daniel Moscalenco, Dietmar Boethig, Igor Tudorache, Axel Haverich, Gregor Warnecke, Serghei Cebotari Source Type: research