Huenges Katharina, Panholzer Bernd, Cremer Jochen, Haneya Assad
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep. 2017 Jan;6(1):e3-e4. doi: 10.1055/s-0036-1597597. Epub 2016 Dec 19.
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.