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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">IJMABHR</journal-id>
<journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Medical and All Body Health Research</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title>IJMABHR</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group>
<issn pub-type="epub">2582-8940</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Anfo Publication House</publisher-name></publisher>
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<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">64</article-id>
<title-group><article-title>Complications of a heart transplanted patient with covid-19 Infection</article-title></title-group>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name><surname>Chatzis</surname><given-names>Georgios</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Karish</surname><given-names>Mohammed Ahmad Ali</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Vlachopoulou</surname><given-names>Maria</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Alnafel</surname><given-names>Omar Ahmad Saleh</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"/></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Alslmy</surname><given-names>Ahmad Awad Atqan</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Alshammari</surname><given-names>Khaled Farhan Mamdouh</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Mohammad</surname><given-names>Shareef Ali AbdAlgaffar</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4"/></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Hamissa</surname><given-names>Ehab Mohamed</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4"/></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Mostafa</surname><given-names>Rasha Ibrahim</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5"/></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Jarba</surname><given-names>Dra Noor Al</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib>
<aff id="aff1"><label>1</label>Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, King Salman Specialist Hospital, Hail, Saudi Arabia</aff>
<aff id="aff2"><label>2</label>Cardiologist, Cardiac Center Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia</aff>
<aff id="aff3"><label>3</label>Internal Medicine, Intensive Care Unit, King Salman Specialist Hospital, Hail, Saudi Arabia</aff>
<aff id="aff4"><label>4</label>Cardiology, Cardiac Center Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia</aff>
<aff id="aff5"><label>5</label>Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, King Salman Specialist Hospital, Hail, Saudi Arabia</aff>
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<pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub"><year>2020</year></pub-date>
<volume>1</volume>
<issue>4</issue>
<fpage>32</fpage>
<lpage>35</lpage>
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<date date-type="received"><day>15</day><month>10</month><year>2020</year></date>
<date date-type="accepted"><day>01</day><month>11</month><year>2020</year></date>
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<permissions><license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/?utm"><license-p>CC BY-NC-SA 4.0</license-p></license></permissions>
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<abstract><p>Our knowledge of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) and its cardiovascular implications is growing every day. The pandemic has raised the question of whether to continue offering heart transplantations due to concerns regarding the risk for exposure to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) during hospitalization and challenges in curbing the infection with high levels of immunosuppression. We present the case of a 47-year-old woman who presented with COVID-19 on immunosuppression therapy due to recent heart transplantation four months before admission. The patientâ€™s condition worsened, and despite monitoring and treatment updates, she died on day 19 of admission. Although most immunocompromised persons effectively clear a SARS-CoV-2 infection, this case highlights the potential for ongoing and accelerated viral evolution associated with an immunocompromised state. Patients can manifest acute rejection in the months following transplantation surgery, which can ultimately lead to death.</p></abstract>
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