Cytomegalovirus mismatch after heart transplantation: Impact of antiviral prophylaxis and intravenous hyperimmune globulin

Abstract

Seropositive recipients carry an important risk for CMV-DNAemia. However, we did not observe differences in perioperative morbidity and mortality regarding CMV matching, which might be related to regularly administer prophylactic virostatics and additional CMV-IVIG for risk constellations. For high-risk constellation, long-term application of CMV-IVIG during the first year after transplant may be beneficial.