A Case of Simultaneous Liver Transplantation and Mitral Valve Replacement in a HCV Cirrhotic Patient with Severe Mitral Valve Stenosis

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Andrea De Gasperi Elena Roselli Marcello Guarnieri

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Andrea De Gasperi
Department of Anesthesia and Resuscitation 2, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy

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We report a case ofsimultaneous liver transplantation and mitral valve replacement in a 53 years old woman suffering for a severe HCV - related liver cirrhosis (CHILD C12, MELD 26), severe mitral stenosis and chronic atrial fibrillation. Cardiac surgery was performed on cardiopulmonary bypass with full heparinization and cardiac arrest and preceded liver transplantation. The patient was weaned on postoperative day 2 from mechanical ventilation and on postoperative day 5 from hemodynamic support and renal replacement therapy. She was transferred to the ward on POD 12. On POD 20 she was readmitted to ICU for acute kidney failure, worsening graft function, sepsis and the suspicion of acute rejection. On POD 56 after a long intensive treatment, the patient eventually died from an intracranial hemorrhage. This complex combined surgery carries a high burden of morbidity and mortality but showed a good result in the short term.

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Case Report

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Received: Fri 27, Dec 2019
Accepted: Sat 11, Jan 2020
Published: Mon 20, Jan 2020

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© 2023 Andrea De Gasperi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2020.1.05