Usefulness of sirolimus-based immunosuppression in ameliorating pre-transplant renal dysfunction in patients with Chagas' heart disease

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2010 Nov;29(11):1312-4. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.06.010. Epub 2010 Aug 16.

Authors

Reinaldo B Bestetti, Tatiana A D Theodoropoulos, Marcelo A Nakazone, Denis A N Dourado, Emmanuel A Burdmann

PMID: 20719543
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.06.010

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Chagas Cardiomyopathy / surgery*
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Transplantation / immunology*
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use*
Kidney / physiopathology*
Male
Middle Aged
Mycophenolic Acid / analogs & derivatives
Mycophenolic Acid / therapeutic use
Retrospective Studies
Sirolimus / therapeutic use*
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Immunosuppressive Agents
Mycophenolic Acid
Sirolimus