Total lymphoid irradiation in heart transplantation: adjunctive treatment for recurrent rejection

W H Frist; A W Winterland; E B Gerhardt; W H Merrill; J B Atkinson; T E Eastburn; J R Stewart; D R Eisert

doi:10.1016/0003-4975(89)90689-9

Total lymphoid irradiation in heart transplantation: adjunctive treatment for recurrent rejection

Ann Thorac Surg. 1989 Dec;48(6):863-4. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(89)90689-9.

Authors

W H Frist¹, A W Winterland, E B Gerhardt, W H Merrill, J B Atkinson, T E Eastburn, J R Stewart, D R Eisert

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

PMID: 2596925
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(89)90689-9

Abstract

In the face of recurrent heart transplant graft rejection refractory to all conventional immunotherapy, retransplantation is customary treatment. The case of a heart transplant recipient unsuitable for retransplantation whose recurrent rejection was successfully treated with postoperative total lymphoid irradiation is described.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Graft Rejection / radiation effects*
Heart Transplantation / immunology*
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
Lymphatic Irradiation*
Male
Radiotherapy Dosage
Recurrence

Substances

Immunosuppressive Agents