title: One heart in 3 patients.
abstract: In this report, we present a successful reuse of a transplanted heart under complex clinical conditions. Our patient was the second recipient, a 63-year-old man with end-stage heart failure due to amyloid-induced cardiomyopathy. After an uneventful postoperative course, he was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia 6 months after transplantation and died 10 months after transplantation. This outcome was determined by a malignancy in an immunosuppressed patient. Reuse of a transplanted heart in carefully selected patients is a possible alternative in an era of donor organ shortage.
authors.affiliation: Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Mislav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Planinc
authors.forename: Tomislav
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mihaljevic
authors.forename: Craig M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Jarrett
authors.forename: Nicholas G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Smedira
authors.forename: Randall C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Starling
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000379:methods*