Diarrhea—An uncommon presentation of tertiary adrenal insufficiency following heart transplantation

Saad Sikanderkhel; M. Waqas Choudhry; Vincent Valentine; Ghannam Al-Dossari; Wissam I. Khalife

doi:10.1111/jocs.13175

Diarrhea—An uncommon presentation of tertiary adrenal insufficiency following heart transplantation

Saad Sikanderkhel, M. Waqas Choudhry, Vincent Valentine, Ghannam Al-Dossari, Wissam I. Khalife

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Abstract

Diarrhea following organ transplantation is usually associated with infection and immunosuppression therapy. We describe two patients with diarrhea following orthotopic heart transplantation due to tertiary adrenal insufficiency.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	522-525
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Cardiac Surgery
Volume	32
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.13175
State	Published - Aug 2017

Keywords

diarrhea
graft rejection
heart
immunosuppression
solid organ transplant
steroids
tertiary adrenal insufficiency

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Surgery

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