Hanna R M, Kamgar M, Hasnain H, Khorsan R, Nsair A, Kaldas F, Baas A, Bunnapradist S, Wilson J M
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, UCLA Health - South Bay Nephrology, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, USA.
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, UCLA Stone Center Surgical and Consultative Nephrology, Westwood, California, USA.
Transplant Proc. 2018 Apr;50(3):943-946. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2017.11.030. Epub 2018 Feb 16.
We report a case of successful combined heart liver transplant in a patient with a congenital solitary kidney. The patient had normal renal function before combined heart-liver transplantation and developed acute kidney injury requiring slow continuous dialysis and subsequent intermittent dialysis for almost 8 weeks post transplantation. Her renal function recovered and she remains off dialysis now 7 months post transplantation. She only currently has mild chronic renal insufficiency. We believe this is the first reported case of successful heart liver transplant in a patient with a congenital solitary kidney.