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Antibody Mediated Rejection in Heart Transplantation

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Photopheresis<br />

60 pts, standard therapy vs<br />

photopheris q wk for 6 months<br />

post- OHT<br />

- Decrease <strong>in</strong> acute rejection<br />

- Did not look at humoral<br />

rejection<br />

Barr ML NEJM 1998; 339: 1744-51.<br />

36 pts with recurrent<br />

rejection<br />

3-12 mon photopheresis<br />

Risk of rejection or death<br />

reduced after 3 months<br />

Kirkl<strong>in</strong> JK JHLT 2006; 25: 283-288

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