Fourth time cardiac retransplantation

World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2014 Jan 1;5(1):88-90. doi: 10.1177/2150135113507291.

Abstract

Beginning at age 11 years, our patient has had four heart transplants. Now, 26 years later at age 37, he is fully active. This case is presented to document a unique experience and to consider the difficult decision-making process and ethical issues of multiple cardiac retransplantation.

Keywords: failure; heart; heart failure; kidney (includes disease; rejection (immunologic); renal function); transplantation.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Graft Rejection / surgery
  • Heart Failure / surgery
  • Heart Transplantation* / ethics
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Reoperation / ethics
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome