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Long-term follow-up of a heart transplant recipient with documented seroconversion to HIV-positive status 1 year after transplant.

Gupta S, Markham DW, Mammen PP, Kaiser P, Patel P, Ring WS, Drazner MH

Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital-St. Paul, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, TX, USA.

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.

Published 7 March 2008 in Am J Transplant, 8(4): 893-6.
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