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Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006;14:e83-e85
© 2006 Asia Publishing EXchange Ltd

CASE STUDIES

Multivalvular Heart Failure Improvement after Successful Kidney Transplantation

Majid A Asgari, MD, Farid Dadkhah, MD, Ahmad Tara, MD, Hamid Noshad, MD, Hamed Akhavizadegan, MD1, Gity Birashk, MD

Shahid Modarres Hospital, Shahid Beheshty University of Medical Sciences
1 Shahid Dr. Labbafinegad Hospital, Shahid Beheshty University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

For reprint information contact: Hamed Akhavizadegan, MD Tel: 98 21 2254 9010 Fax: 98 21 2254 9088, Email:hamed_akhavizadegan{at}yahoo.com, Shahid Dr. Labbafinegad Hospital, 9th Boostan Street, Pasdaran Avenue, Tehran, Iran.

Chronic renal disease is responsible for various cardiac complications. After renal transplantation many of these complications improve. However the extent to which cardiac failure is reversible post transplant is not known. We report two cases of end stage renal disease (ESRD) and severe heart failure characterized by left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) less than 20%. Three months after kidney transplantation, the LVEF rose to more than 50%. Successful renal transplantation can significantly improve cardiac function compromised as a result of ESRD.






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