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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Transplant. 2013 Dec 28;18(2):197–203. doi: 10.1111/petr.12205

Table 4. Clinical details of patients with autoimmune or severe atopic disease.

Case Cardiac diagnosis Autoimmune/Atopic disease Transplant year Transplant age (years) Time transplant to symptoms (years) ATG dose (mg/kg) Immunosuppression Regimen Tac level* (ng/ml), Median (IQR) Rejection

Initial At diagnosis Current Year one After year one
1 Dilated cardiomyopathy Inflammatory bowel disease 2002 0.4 5.5 10.5 Tac, Aza Tac, Aza Tac, Aza 10.3 (7.9-13.2) 7 (4.8-10.7) Yes
2 Dilated cardiomyopathy Inflammatory bowel disease 2004 0.4 4.8 12 Tac, Aza Tac, Aza Tac, Aza 9.6 (6.3-13.8) 6.9 (5.6-8.9) No
2 Cardiac fibroma Chronic bullous disease of childhood & Inflammatory bowel disease 2002 0.1 7.9 14 Tac, MMF Tac, MMF Tac, Aza 8.5 (7.1-11.5) 6.3 (4.6-8.4) No
4 Dilated cardiomyopathy Eosinophilic colitis 2001 0.3 4 13.7 Tac, MMF Tac, Aza Tac, MMF 12.4 (8.8-14.9) 7.7 (5.8-10.3) Yes
5 Dilated cardiomyopathy Eosinophilic colitis & esophagitis 2007 0.6 1.6 11.8 Tac, MMF Tac, MMF Tac, Sir 8 (6.1-10.9) 7.5 (6.2-9.2) Yes
6 Pulmonary atresia Eosinophilic esophagitis 2005 0.1 0.6 13.3 Tac, MMF Tac, MMF Tac, MMF 8 (6.4-9.3) 5.7 (4.6-7.8) No
7 Complex single ventricle Eosinophilic esophagitis 2004 5.1 7.3 3.8 Tac, MMF Tac, MMF Tac, Sir 8.7 (6-11.3) 9.1 (6.7-12.5) Yes
*

Tacrolimus level divided from initial discharge until the end of the first year post-transplant and subsequent to the first year post-transplant, ATG - anti-thymocyte globulin, Aza - azathioprine, IQR - interquartile range, MMF - mycophenolate mofetil, Sir - sirolimus, Tac - tacrolimus