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epa08423880 A nurse attends to a patient at the pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) of the Vall d’Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, northeastern Spain, 15 May 2020. The unit saw on 15 May the first-ever transplant performed in Spain on a COVID-19 survivor. The underage patient, who suffered from a congenital heart defect known as mitral stenosis, had recently recovered from an infection of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes the pandemic COVID-19 disease when she received the heart transplant. Before the complex surgery, she was tested twice within 48 hours using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect antigen presence; both tests turned out negative for the disease, ensuring she had completely recovered from her viral pneumonia, according to the unit’s head, Dr. Joan Balcells. EPA/MARTA PEREZ
epa08423880 A nurse attends to a patient at the pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) of the Vall d’Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, northeastern Spain, 15 May 2020. The unit saw on 15 May the first-ever transplant performed in Spain on a COVID-19 survivor. The underage patient, who suffered from a congenital heart defect known as mitral stenosis, had recently recovered from an infection of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes the pandemic COVID-19 disease when she received the heart transplant. Before the complex surgery, she was tested twice within 48 hours using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect antigen presence; both tests turned out negative for the disease, ensuring she had completely recovered from her viral pneumonia, according to the unit’s head, Dr. Joan Balcells. EPA/MARTA PEREZ

Il coronavirus gli brucia i polmoni a 18 anni, trapianto miracoloso a Milano

Cronaca - di Marta Lima - 28 Maggio 2020 - AGGIORNATO 28 Maggio 2020 alle 15:26

Il coronavirus gli ha “bruciato” i polmoni a soli 18 anni. E lui, da ragazzo sano e forte, si è ritrovato nel giro di 4 giorni gravissimo in rianimazione. Erano i primi giorni di marzo. Un incubo durato fino a poche settimane fa quando Francesco diventa protagonista di un trapianto record, eseguito al Policlinico di Milano. Si tenta l’ultima risorsa, quella di donargli dei polmoni nuovi. Dopo oltre 2 mesi in cui il ragazzo è stato tenuto in vita in circolazione extracorporea dall’équipe di Terapia intensiva cardiochirurgica dell’ospedale San Raffaele nella tensostruttura provvista di macchina Ecmo, nata per fronteggiare l’ondata di malati di coronavirus dei giorni clou dell’emergenza.

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di Marta Lima - 28 Maggio 2020