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Long‐Term Follow‐up of a Heart Transplant Recipient with Documented Seroconversion to HIV‐Positive Status 1 Year After Transplant
Author(s) -
Gupta S.,
Markham D. W.,
Mammen P. P. A.,
Kaiser P.,
Patel P.,
Ring W. S.,
Drazner M. H.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02154.x
Subject(s) - medicine , seroconversion , term (time) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , heart transplantation , immunology , intensive care medicine , transplantation , physics , quantum mechanics
Whether human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) should be an absolute contraindication to heart transplantation has been a topic of recent discussion. There is a paucity of data regarding the expected outcome of heart transplantation in a recipient who is HIV positive. Herein, we report the case and long‐term follow‐up of a woman who was found to have seroconverted to HIV positive status 1 year after transplant.