COVID-19 infection after recent heart transplantation: a case report
subject: coronavirus, atypical pneumonia, 2019ncov, SARS-CoV-2, immunosuppression, Heart failure, hypercoagulation, atrial thrombosis
description: History of heart transplantation in combination with immunosuppressive therapy and acute viral respiratory infection overlay makes the patient difficult to manage. In case of COVID-19, the setting is complicated by unknown pathogenesis, including its effect on blood, coagulation system, and lung tissue. Current case report discusses the 60-year-old patient with a COVID-19 infection occurred in the immediate postoperative period after heart transplantation.
creator: O. V. Averkov, V. I. Vechorko, I. G. Gordeev, E. V. Gubareva, E. V. Ryndyaeva
source: Российский кардиологический журнал
publisher: «FIRMA «SILICEA» LLC
date: 2020
coverage: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system