Literature DB >> 24403361

Fourth time cardiac retransplantation.

Hannah Copeland1, Monica Gustafson, Romana Coelho-Anderson, Nicole Mineburg, Mark Friedman, Jack G Copeland.   

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.

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

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Year:  2014        PMID: 24403361     DOI: 10.1177/2150135113507291

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg        ISSN: 2150-1351


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1.  Reuse of cardiac organs in transplantation: an ethical analysis.

Authors:  Eisuke Nakazawa; Shoichi Maeda; Keiichiro Yamamoto; Aru Akabayashi; Yuzaburo Uetake; Margie H Shaw; Richard A Demme; Akira Akabayashi
Journal:  BMC Med Ethics       Date:  2018-08-17       Impact factor: 2.652

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