Belatacept rescue for delayed kidney allograft function in a patient with previous combined heart-liver transplant

Dhiren Kumar; Idris Yakubu; Richard H Cooke; Philip F Halloran; Gaurav Gupta

doi:10.1111/ajt.15003

Belatacept rescue for delayed kidney allograft function in a patient with previous combined heart-liver transplant

Am J Transplant. 2018 Oct;18(10):2613-2614. doi: 10.1111/ajt.15003. Epub 2018 Aug 3.

Authors

Dhiren Kumar¹, Idris Yakubu², Richard H Cooke³, Philip F Halloran⁴, Gaurav Gupta¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
² Department of Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
³ Division of Cardiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
⁴ Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Center, Edmonton, Canada.

PMID: 29981184
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.15003

No abstract available

Keywords: clinical research/practice; costimulation; delayed graft function (DGF); heart (allograft) function/dysfunction; heart transplantation/cardiology; immunosuppressant - fusion proteins and monoclonal antibodies: belatacept; kidney (allograft) function/dysfunction; kidney transplantation/nephrology; liver transplantation/hepatology.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Abatacept / therapeutic use*
Allografts
Delayed Graft Function / etiology
Delayed Graft Function / prevention & control*
Female
Graft Rejection / etiology
Graft Rejection / prevention & control*
Graft Survival / drug effects*
Heart Transplantation / adverse effects*
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
Liver Transplantation / adverse effects*
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications / etiology
Postoperative Complications / prevention & control*
Prognosis

Substances

Immunosuppressive Agents
Abatacept