Successful heart transplantation in a patient who recovered from COVID-19

Christine M Johnstad; David Murray; Ravi Dhingra; Jason W Smith; Amy G Fiedler

doi:10.1111/jocs.15331

Successful heart transplantation in a patient who recovered from COVID-19

J Card Surg. 2021 Mar;36(3):1148-1149. doi: 10.1111/jocs.15331. Epub 2021 Jan 15.

Authors

Christine M Johnstad¹, David Murray², Ravi Dhingra², Jason W Smith¹, Amy G Fiedler¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease-2019 has created unprecedented challenges for society, and specifically the medical community. While the pandemic continues to unfold, the transplant community has had to pivot to keep recipients, donors, and institutional transplant teams safe given the unique circumstances inherent to solid organ transplantation.

Keywords: COVID-19; heart transplantation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Comorbidity
Heart Failure / epidemiology
Heart Failure / surgery*
Heart Transplantation / methods*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics*
SARS-CoV-2
Tissue Donors
Tissue and Organ Procurement / methods*
Transplant Recipients*