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Early heart transplant in a child with advanced lymphoma
1Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60614, USA.
Pediatric Transplantation
|November 28, 2002
Abstract:
A child with advanced stage large cell lymphoma in remission developed overwhelming, irreversible anthracycline cardiac toxicity incompatible with life early in her treatment course. The medical complexities and ethical issues concerning a decision to proceed with orthotopic heart transplantation are discussed.