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cord-312036-5867bc6i	Decker, Annegrit	Prolonged SARS‐CoV‐2 shedding and mild course of COVID‐19 in a patient after recent heart transplantation	2020-06-09		.txt	text/plain	1943	142	49	Here, we present a 62‐year old male COVID‐19 patient with recent heart transplantation who developed only mild symptoms, but had prolonged virus shedding, and summarize the available data on COVID‐19 in cardiac allograft recipients. [5] [6] [7] Here, we report a mild course of SARS-CoV-2 infection with prolonged virus persistence in a patient only five months after heart transplantation. In fact, in 71.8 % of patients with COVID-19 after heart transplant, immunosuppressive agents have been (partially) discontinued or reduced in dose (Table 1) , thus potentially increasing the risk of organ rejection. 19 In our case, continuation of the immunosuppressant regime was associated with a mild course of COVID-19, though we observed a transient increase in CRP and IL-6. Although the cardiovascular system seems to be a critical target site of SARS-CoV-2 infection, a mild course of COVID-19 is possible even in a high-risk patient after recent heart transplantation.	./cache/cord-312036-5867bc6i.txt	./txt/cord-312036-5867bc6i.txt