Combined Liver Kidney Transplant in Adult Patient With Alagille Syndrome and Pulmonary Hypertension

Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2021 Sep;25(3):191-195. doi: 10.1177/10892532211008742. Epub 2021 Apr 14.

Abstract

In this article, we describe a case of a 33-year-old female with Alagille syndrome complicated by bilateral branch pulmonary artery stenosis resulting in moderate pulmonary hypertension, end-stage liver disease complicated by portal hypertension, and chronic renal disease who presented for combined liver-kidney transplant. Alagille syndrome is an autosomal dominant disease affecting the liver, heart, and kidneys. Multidisciplinary preoperative evaluation was performed with a team consisting of a congenital heart disease cardiologist, a cardiac anesthesiologist, a nephrologist, and a transplant surgeon. We describe Alagille syndrome and our intraoperative management. To our knowledge, this is the first description of a combined liver-kidney transplant in an adult patient with Alagille syndrome.

Keywords: Alagille syndrome; Combined liver transplantation; Liver transplantation; Preoperative; Pulmonary artery stenosis; Pulmonary hypertension.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alagille Syndrome* / complications
  • Alagille Syndrome* / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary* / complications
  • Kidney
  • Kidney Transplantation*