Hepatitis C‐positive Donors in Heart Transplantation
Open Access
- 1 May 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in American Journal of Transplantation
- Vol. 2 (5) , 443-447
- https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-6143.2002.20508.x
Abstract
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be transmitted to heart transplant recipients by donor organs. Mid‐term results were reported using HCV‐positive donors in patients at risk of imminent death (group I, n =...Keywords
This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
- Hepatitis C Virus InfectionNew England Journal of Medicine, 2001
- Expanding the heart donor baseCurrent Opinion in Organ Transplantation, 2000
- Hepatitis C transmission and infection by orthotopic heart transplantationThe Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 2000
- Hepatitis and solid organ transplantationTransplantation Proceedings, 2000
- Outcome of De Novo hepatitis C virus infection in heart transplant recipientsHepatology, 1999
- Hepatitis C virus infection and renal transplantationTransplantation Proceedings, 1999
- SEROLOGIC RESPONSES TO HEPATITIS C VIRUS IN SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS1Transplantation, 1997
- LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION AMONG ORGAN TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTSTransplantation, 1997
- Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus by Organ TransplantationNew England Journal of Medicine, 1991