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Heart Transplants
Studies from E. Sarmiento and colleagues reveal new findings on heart transplants
August 3rd, 2009
According to a study from Madrid, Spain, "We sought to determine whether quantitative assessment of anti-cytomegalovirus (CMV) antibodies could be useful to identify patients at risk of cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease after heart transplantation (HT). 75 patients who underwent HT at a single health care center were prospectively studied. Induction therapy included 2 doses of daclizumab and maintenance tacrolimus (n = 42) or cyclosporine (n = 29), mycophenolate mofetil and prednisone." "All patients received prophylaxis with gancyclovir or valganciclovir. Anti-CMV intravenous immunoglobulin (CMV-IG) was added in high risk patients (CMV D+/R- serostatus). Serial...
Source: Biotech Business Week (2009-08-03)
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