Magda Maria Sales Carneiro-Sampaio

Long-term immunological impairment after early thymectomy in congenital heart disease

Abstract Early thymectomy during congenital heart disease repair may impair thymic output, but long-term effects across age groups remain incompletely defined. We evaluated T-cell receptor excision circles (TRECs) and a comprehensive panel of lymphocyte subsets in 20 adults (mean...