A Cardiac Graft from a Donor with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis—A Case Report

Organ shortage unavoidably leads to shifting strategies in modern transplantation medicine. Experiences with specific comorbidities in terms of organ transplantation therefore have to be made. We report a case of a 51-year-old male patient with successful orthotopic heart transplantation from a dono...

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Main Authors: Katharina Huenges, Bernd Panholzer, Jochen Cremer, Assad Haneya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2017-01-01
Series:The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0036-1597597
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spelling doaj-f3c7ad384c364552927636de0acb50392020-11-25T01:58:19ZengGeorg Thieme Verlag KGThe Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports2194-76352194-76432017-01-010601e3e410.1055/s-0036-1597597A Cardiac Graft from a Donor with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis—A Case ReportKatharina Huenges0Bernd Panholzer1Jochen Cremer2Assad Haneya3Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, GermanyDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, GermanyDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, GermanyDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, GermanyOrgan shortage unavoidably leads to shifting strategies in modern transplantation medicine. Experiences with specific comorbidities in terms of organ transplantation therefore have to be made. We report a case of a 51-year-old male patient with successful orthotopic heart transplantation from a donor with granulomatosis with polyangiitis. After a good recovery, the patient was discharged to rehabilitation 2 months after transplantation.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0036-1597597systemictransplantationheartheart failure
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author Katharina Huenges
Bernd Panholzer
Jochen Cremer
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Bernd Panholzer
Jochen Cremer
Assad Haneya
A Cardiac Graft from a Donor with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis—A Case Report
The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports
systemic
transplantation
heart
heart failure
author_facet Katharina Huenges
Bernd Panholzer
Jochen Cremer
Assad Haneya
author_sort Katharina Huenges
title A Cardiac Graft from a Donor with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis—A Case Report
title_short A Cardiac Graft from a Donor with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis—A Case Report
title_full A Cardiac Graft from a Donor with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis—A Case Report
title_fullStr A Cardiac Graft from a Donor with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis—A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed A Cardiac Graft from a Donor with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis—A Case Report
title_sort cardiac graft from a donor with granulomatosis with polyangiitis—a case report
publisher Georg Thieme Verlag KG
series The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports
issn 2194-7635
2194-7643
publishDate 2017-01-01
description Organ shortage unavoidably leads to shifting strategies in modern transplantation medicine. Experiences with specific comorbidities in terms of organ transplantation therefore have to be made. We report a case of a 51-year-old male patient with successful orthotopic heart transplantation from a donor with granulomatosis with polyangiitis. After a good recovery, the patient was discharged to rehabilitation 2 months after transplantation.
topic systemic
transplantation
heart
heart failure
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0036-1597597
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