Early failure of a tricuspid valve replacement with a mitral valve homograft in a heart transplant recipient

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2004 Dec;23(12):1460-2. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2003.10.010.

Abstract

A 24-year-old woman experienced severe tricuspid valve regurgitation 6 years after heart transplantation. Tricuspid valve replacement was performed using a cryopreserved mitral valve homograft. Severe tricuspid valve regurgitation recurred within 4 months, associated with an increase in the panel reactive antibody titers from zero to 72%. Tricuspid valve replacement was repeated with a porcine bioprosthesis with excellent recovery and function for >2 years. The mitral valve homograft displayed inflammatory features consistent with humoral immune-mediated destruction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bioprosthesis
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / surgery
  • Female
  • HLA Antigens / immunology
  • Heart Transplantation*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve / transplantation*
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Recurrence
  • Transplantation, Homologous
  • Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / pathology
  • Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / surgery*

Substances

  • HLA Antigens