Analysis of clinical cases of new coronavirus infection in patients with a history of heart transplantation

Abstract

There is a description of two clinical cases of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 in patients with a history of heart transplantation. Patients who receive immunosuppressants for life are at risk of developing infectious diseases. This requires the vigilance of doctors, especially in the face of a pandemic of a new coronavirus infection. Adequate and timely started therapy increases the effectiveness of treatment and reduces the risk of complications. The complex participation of different specialists is necessary to determine the tactics of treatment, correct pathogenetic and suppressive therapy.

Keywords:COVID-19, heart transplant, clinical case

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Conflict of interest. The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Contribution. Recruitment and processing of material – Kiseleva V.V. Rogova Yu.A.; text writing – Kolupaev N.S., Rogova Yu.A.; editing approval of the final version of the article – Kiseleva V.V.

For citation: Kiseleva V.V., Kolupaev N.S., Rogova Yu.A. Analysis of clinical cases of new coronavirus infection in patients with a history of heart transplantation. Infektsionnye bolezni: novosti, mneniya, obuchenie [Infectious Diseases: News, Opinions, Training]. 2021; 10 (3): 140–4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33029/2305-3496-2021-10-3-140-144 (in Russian)

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CHIEF EDITOR
Aleksandr V. Gorelov
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MD, Head of Infection Diseases and Epidemiology Department of the Scientific and Educational Institute of Clinical Medicine named after N.A. Semashko ofRussian University of Medicine, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Professor of the Department of Childhood Diseases, Clinical Institute of Children's Health named after N.F. Filatov, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Deputy Director for Research, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Rospotrebnadzor (Moscow, Russian Federation)

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