Kidney transplantation from a brain-dead heart transplant candidate treated with biventricular assist device: 12-month follow-up |
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Authors: | Viklicky, Ondrej Netuka, Ivan Urbanova, Mariana Adamec, Milos Maly, Jiri Voska, Ludek Pokorna, Eva |
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Affiliation: | 1 Department of Nephrology, Prague, Czech Republic 2 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Prague, Czech Republic 3 Department of Transplant Surgery, Prague, Czech Republic 4 Department of Clinical and Transplant Pathology, Prague, Czech Republic 5 Transplant Center, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic |
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Abstract: | | Introduction | The continuing disparity between the demand for kidney transplantsand the supply of organs has necessitated the use of organsfrom an extended criteria donor pool [1–3]. Clearly, organsthat would have been previously thought unsuitable are currentlyused for transplantation. In this study, we report the successfulkidney transplantation from a heart transplant candidate whohad received therapy with a biventricular assist device forterminal heart failure complicated by severe pulmonary hypertension,and who died because of a fatal cerebral haemorrhage. Case report | Donor The donor was a 63-year-old female patient with end-stage bilateralheart failure due to ischaemic heart disease, considered forlisting for heart transplantation. The
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Keywords: | extended criteria donor pool kidney transplantation mechanical circulatory support |
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