CMV prevention in heart transplant recipients: Comparative analysis of preemptive and prophylactic strategies
Prophylactic CMV prevention in heart transplant recipients significantly lowers the incidence of CMV infection compared to preemptive strategies. However, graft rejection rates did not differ significantly between the two approaches.
Authors
- Barıs Emekdas
- Şükrü Dirik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4072-3436)
- Selda Erensoy
- Mustafa Özbaran
- Tahir Yağdı
- Ümit Kahraman
Institutions
- Izmir University (TR)
- Ege University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- Published
- 2026-01-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4274/tjtcs.2025.27341
- Primary Topic
- Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00