TID - Clinicopathologic Conference Series
December 5, 2022

Heart of the Matter: Infection and Xenotransplantation

Learning Objectives

We will present the case of a patient with nonischemic cardiomyopathy who underwent heart transplantation from a genetically modified pig source animal and whose course was notable for detection of porcine CMV by plasma microbial cell-free DNA and xenograft failure.

Overview

  1. Describe infectious disease risk assessment and mitigation in potential xenograft donors
  2. Describe the selection of immunosuppressive regimens and prophylactic antimicrobials for human xenograft recipients
  3. Understand strategies to screen for and treat potential xenograft-related infections

Organized in collaboration with the TID Official Journal

Stephanie Pouch, USA
Moderator
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Kapil Saharia, USA
Speaker
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Jay Fishman, USA
Speaker
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Paige Porrett, USA
Speaker
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Contact

Staff Directory
+1-514-874-1717 x216
sections@tts.org

Address

Transplant Infectious Disease
c/o The Transplantation Society
740 Notre-Dame Ouest
Suite 1245
Montréal, QC, H3C 3X6
Canada