Aortic Valve Replacement for Infective Endocarditis in a Renal Transplant Recipient

Abstract

Renal transplant recipients are more prone to developing infections. We report a 37-year old renal transplant recipient who developed infective endocarditis of the aortic valve, heart failure and renal allograft dysfunction. He underwent aortic valve replacement which was followed by improvement in cardiac as well as allograft function.

Keywords

• Renal transplantation
• Infective endocarditis
• Aortic valve replacement.