Heart Transplants

Reports by P. Munoz and co-researchers describe recent advances in heart transplants

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, December 20th, 2007

"Information regarding Clostridium docile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) after solid-organ transplantation (SOT) is scarce, particularly after heart transplantation (HT). Although host immune response to C docile plays a substantial role in the outcome of this infection, the responsibility of hypogammaglobulinemia (HGG) as a predisposing condition for CDAD has not been studied in SOT," researchers in Madrid, Spain report.

"We analyzed the incidence, clinical presentation, outcome and risk factors, including HGG, of CDAD after HT. Two hundred thirty-five patients who underwent HT (1993 to 2005) were included. Transplantation procedure and immunosuppression were standard....

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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2007-12-20)

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