COVID-19 among heart transplant recipients in Germany: a multicenter survey
Heart transplantation may represent a particular risk factor for severe coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to chronic immunosuppression and frequent comorbidities. We conducted a nation-wide survey of all heart transplant centers in Germany presenting the clinical characteristics of...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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11 August 2020
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Clinical research in cardiology
Year: 2020, Volume: 109, Issue: 12, Pages: 1531-1539 |
| ISSN: | 1861-0692 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00392-020-01722-w |
| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-020-01722-w |
| Author Notes: | Rasmus Rivinius, Ziya Kaya, René Schramm, Udo Boeken, Zdenek Provaznik, Christian Heim, Christoph Knosalla, Felix Schoenrath, Andreas Rieth, Michael Berchtold-Herz, Markus J. Barten, Dominic Rauschning, Victoria T. Mücke, Stephan Heyl, Rudin Pistulli, Carola Grinninger, Christian Hagl, Jan F. Gummert, Gregor Warnecke, P. Christian Schulze, Hugo A. Katus, Michael M. Kreusser, Philip W. Raake |
| Summary: | Heart transplantation may represent a particular risk factor for severe coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to chronic immunosuppression and frequent comorbidities. We conducted a nation-wide survey of all heart transplant centers in Germany presenting the clinical characteristics of heart transplant recipients with COVID-19 during the first months of the pandemic in Germany. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 06.12.2021 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1861-0692 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00392-020-01722-w |