Ann Transplant Res | Volume 2, Issue 1 | Case Report | Open Access

India's 1st Case of Re-Do Heart Transplantation for Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Anantharaman R^*, Arulkumar A, Madhusankar N, Kulasekaran M, Cherian S and Cherian KM

Department of Cardiology, Frontier Lifeline Hospital, India

^*Correspondance to: Anantharaman R 

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Abstract

Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy (CAV) is the 'Achilles heel' of long term outcome following heart transplant. Even though the overall outcomes for heart transplant has improved over the last 4 decades, with survival after heart transplant reported 90%, 80% and 60% at 1, 3 and 10 years respectively, the long term survival is determined mainly by presence or absence of CAV. In this report we discuss the first case of re-do heart transplant done in India for CAV, 8 years following the initial transplant done in 2009 and we discuss the underlying pathology, treatment options and possible preventions of CAV in the current era.

Keywords:

Heart transplantation; Cardiac allograft vasculopathy

Citation:

Anantharaman R, Arulkumar A, Madhusankar N, Kulasekaran M, Cherian S, Cherian KM. India's 1st Case of Re-Do Heart Transplantation for Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: A Case Report and Review of Literature. Ann Transplant Res. 2018;1(3):1011.