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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Combined heart-liver transplantation in a case of haemochromatosis.

Andrew D Shubin, Lucia De Gregorio, Christine Hwang, Malcolm MacConmara

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 44% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Post-transplant liver biopsies: a concise and practical approach for beginners.Journal of pathology and translational medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrew D ShubinDepartment of Surgery, Division of Surgical Transplantation, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Lucia De GregorioDepartment of Surgery, Division of Surgical Transplantation, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Christine HwangDepartment of Surgery, Division of Surgical Transplantation, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Malcolm MacConmaraDepartment of Surgery, Division of Surgical Transplantation, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA Malcolm.MacConmara@UTSouthwestern.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7683-6945
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hereditary haemochromatosis results in multiorgan dysfunction secondary to iron overload. Haemojuvelin (HJV)-associated haemochromatosis, is a rapidly progressing form of haemochromatosis caused by mutation in the HJV that frequently results in heart and liver failure. Herein, we describe the successful treatment of a 39-year-old woman with decompensated heart failure and liver cirrhosis requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation who was successfully treated with combined heart-liver transplantation. Following her life-saving multiorgan transplantation, she was also noted to have rapid correction of her serum ferritin to normal levels. She remains healthy with excellent allograft function and normal iron and ferratin levels 4 years after the procedure. To our knowledge, this case is the first demonstration that combined heart-liver transplantation is a feasible option for patients with heart and liver failure secondary to HJV-associated haemochromatosis and indeed offers a long-standing corrective solution to treat this condition and restore physiologically normal iron metabolism.

Indexed as

Heart TransplantationHemochromatosisIron OverloadLiver TransplantationAdultFemaleHumansLivercardiothoracic surgerygeneticsheart failureliver diseasetransplantation

Identifiers

PMID34059542
PMCPMC8169481
OpenAlexW3165754084

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