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Medicina (B.Aires) ; 77(6): 509-511, dic. 2017.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: biblio-894531

ABSTRACT

Hasta la consolidación del tratamiento antirretroviral combinado, la infección por HIV constituía, debido a su mal pronóstico, una contraindicación para el trasplante de órganos sólidos. El tratamiento antirretroviral combinado prolongó la expectativa de vida de estos pacientes, pero también permitió la manifestación a largo plazo de enfermedades directa o indirectamente ligadas al HIV, como hepatopatías, nefropatías y enfermedades cardiovasculares. Se presenta un caso de miocardiopatía dilatada tratada con trasplante cardíaco en un paciente con diagnóstico reciente de infección HIV. A los 24 meses, el paciente presentó CD4 en aumento y carga viral no detectable, sin complicaciones ni signos de rechazo. En nuestro conocimiento, no existen antecedentes de trasplante cardíaco en pacientes con HIV en Sudamérica. A la luz de la buena evolución de este caso y los pocos comunicados en la bibliografía internacional, consideramos que el trasplante cardíaco es una opción terapéutica en pacientes HIV positivos adecuadamente seleccionados.


Because of its own unfavourable evolution, HIV infection was until recently considered a contraindication for organ transplantation. The introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy prolonged the life expectancy of these patients and allowed the manifestation of disorders directly or indirectly related to HIV infection, mainly liver, kidney and cardiovascular diseases. We present a case of cardiac transplantation due to dilated cardiomyopathy that was performed in a patient with a recently detected HIV infection. At 24 month follow-up, the patient is in very good health status, his CD4 are increasing and the viral load is undetectable. He did not present transplant rejection or any other complication. To our knowledge, there is no previous publication on heart transplantation in patients with HIV in South America. In view of the successful outcome of our case and of the few cases reported in the international literature, we consider that heart transplantation is a therapeutic option in correctly selected HIV patients.


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Humans , Male , Adult , Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/surgery , HIV Infections/complications , Heart Transplantation , Prognosis , Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/complications , HIV Infections/drug therapy , Treatment Outcome , Viral Load , Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
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