Intraoperative anti-A/B immunoadsorption is associated with significantly reduced blood product utilisation with similar outcomes in paediatric ABO-incompatible heart transplantation

: Intraoperative anti-A/B immunoadsorption (ABO-IA) was recently introduced for ABO-incompatible heart transplantation. Here we report the first case series of patients transplanted with ABO-IA, and compare outcomes with those undergoing plasma exchange facilitated ABO-incompatible heart transplantation (ABO-PE).

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - May 29, 2021 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Richard Issitt, John Booth, Richard Crook, Alex Robertson, Victoria Molyneux, Rebecca Richardson, Nigel Cross, Michael Shaw, Victor Tsang, Vivek Muthurangu, Neil J Sebire, Michael Burch, Matthew Fenton Source Type: research