Case Reports in Transplantation (Jan 2022)

Adult Renal Transplantation in a Patient 28 Years after Heart Transplantation as a Neonate for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

  • Joseph Licata,
  • Shane Michael Roberts,
  • Piotr Janicki,
  • Dmitri Bezinover

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/7532199
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2022

Abstract

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We present a case of kidney transplantation in a 28-year-old patient who received a heart transplant at 7 weeks of age due to hypoplastic left heart syndrome. The patient’s renal insufficiency was the result of chronic immunosuppression and hypertension. The almost 28-year-old graft demonstrated very good function. This patient represents as one of the longest pediatric cardiac graft recipients living without any significant functional limitations.