Usefulness of tacrolimus versus cyclosporine after pediatric heart transplantation

被引:7
作者
Herzberg, GZ
Rossi, AF
Courtney, M
Lansman, SL
Gelb, BD
Parness, IA
Lai, WW
机构
[1] Mt Sinai Sch Med, Dept Pediat, Div Pediat Cardiol, New York, NY USA
[2] Mt Sinai Sch Med, Dept Cardiothorac Surg, New York, NY USA
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10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00380-4
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
This study compared the early clinical course of 9 pediatric heart transplantation recipients treated with cyclosporine A-based immunosuppression with 10 similarly aged recipients treated with tacrolimus-based therapy. One-year follow-up after transplantation revealed that tacrolimus-treated children had similar left ventricular function, experienced fewer episodes of severe rejection, were more rapidly weaned from corticosteroids, and had relatively few side effects from immunosuppression compared with cyclosporine A-treated children.
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