COMBINED HEART AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION IN A CHILDWill We Need It More in the Future?
作者:
Matteucci1,2 Maria,
Strologo1 Luca,
Parisi3 Francesco,
Squitieri3 Cosimo,
Caione4 Paolo,
Capozza4 Nicola,
Rizzoni1 Gianfranco,
期刊:
Transplantation
(OVID Available online 1997)
卷期:
Volume 63,
issue 10
页码: 1531-1533
ISSN:0041-1337
年代: 1997
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
A 12-year-old girl affected by idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and renal failure was referred to our institution for cardiac transplantation. A simultaneous heart-kidney transplantation from the same donor was decided. The immunosuppression schedule consisted of azathioprine, antithymocyte globulin, steroids, and cyclosporine. At a follow-up visit at 24 months after transplantation, no episodes of heart or kidney rejection had occurred and cardiac and renal function were good. Concomitant failure of heart and kidney is well known in the literature, but it appears to be more frequent in adult as compared with the pediatric population. This is the first case of combined heart and kidney transplantation in a child. Because of the successful outcome and good follow-up, the number of combined organ transplantations will most likely increase in the future.
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