ABO-incompatible liver and kidney transplants have been reported, but only 8 cases have been reported with hearts. Generally, these transplants were inadvertent and lethal, West et al observe.

Original Article Published: 31 October 2016 Graft Source ABO incompatibility does not influence transfusion requirements in patients undergoing single-unit umbilical cord blood transplantation P ...

Major ABO incompatible BM transplantation carries a risk of acute haemolysis. Red cell depletion reduces this risk but not all incompatible RBC (iRBCs) are removed and in children the residual ...

ABO blood type compatibility did not play a role in corneal transplant failure stemming from graft rejection in low-risk cases. Investigators aimed to determine whether ABO compatibility affected ...

ABO-incompatible heart transplantation (heart transplantation among noncompatible blood groups) can be safely performed in infants a year old or younger, researchers report.

Urschel, S., et al. (2021) Clinical outcomes of children receiving ABO-incompatible versus ABO-compatible heart transplantation: a multicentre cohort study. Lancet Child and Adolescent Health. doi ...

It is estimated in the USA and the UK that about 1 in 30,000 units of red cells transfused are ABO incompatible, while deaths because of ABO incompatibility are of the order of 1 in 500,000 to ...

Dorry Segev, MD MARCO ISLAND, Fla.—A brief escalation in immunosuppression without long-term B-cell depletion may provide excellent long-term patient and graft survival after ABO-incompatible ...

A modeling study by Dr. Peter Ellis from the University of Kent indicates that ABO incompatibility between infected patients and susceptible individuals may actually decrease the transmissibility ...

Noida: A 60-year-old man from Badalpur has undergone an ABO-incompatible kidney transplant at a private hospital in the city, ...

ABO-incompatible heart transplantation is now routinely carried out in Canada and some other countries, but not everywhere. That should change thanks to these new study results, Urschel said.

The study analysed 1,839 kidney exchanges from 65 centres across India, revealing that ABO incompatibility was the main reason for entering such exchanges in 1,610 (87 per cent) of the cases.