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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 88-90 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2014 |
Keywords
- failure
- heart
- heart failure
- kidney (includes disease
- rejection (immunologic)
- renal function)
- transplantation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine