Heart Transplantation in a Fontan Patient Using a Hepatitis C-Positive Donor

World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2019 Jul;10(4):504. doi: 10.1177/2150135119852037.

Abstract

A 38-year-old female with tricuspid atresia and normally related great arteries, initially palliated with Björk modified Fontan, and ultimately converted to extracardiac conduit Fontan, with a history of ventricular tachycardia and hepatitis C virus (HCV) treated with sofosbuvir/ledipasvir, was referred to our center for consideration of combined heart and liver transplantation. The patient's blood group was O with panel reactive antibodies of 52%. She consented to consideration of HCV-positive donors. Fifteen days later, an HCV-positive donor was identified, and she underwent heart transplantation with pulmonary artery reconstruction performed jointly by adult and pediatric transplant surgeons. To our knowledge, this the first time an HCV-positive donor heart has been to transplant an adult with congenital heart disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
  • Heart Transplantation / methods*
  • Hepacivirus / immunology*
  • Hepatitis C / virology*
  • Hepatitis C Antibodies / blood
  • Hepatitis C Antibodies / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Tissue Donors*
  • Transplant Recipients
  • Viral Load

Substances

  • Hepatitis C Antibodies