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Renal allograft-related inflammation complicated by acute coronary syndromes: A case report
Rainer U Pliquett1,2, Andrea Tannapfel3,4, Sait S Daneschnejad5
1Department of Nephrology, Diabetology and Endocrinology, University Hospital Leipzig (RUP until June 2006).
Introduction:
Persistent systemic inflammation is considered to be predictive for future cardiovascular events. Here, in a patient with pyelonephritis of his failed renal allograft, consecutive coronary angiograms proved that coronary artery disease progressed within 3 weeks, when infection was uncontrolled.
Patient Concerns:
A 52-year-old male type 2 diabetic with a failed renal allograft suffering from hematuria, leukocyturia, and chest pain at rest was hospitalized.
Diagnoses:
An acute coronary syndrome in presence of pyelonephritis was diagnosed. Besides pyelonephritis, the histological examination of the kidney transplant revealed signs of chronic rejection and the presence of a renal cell carcinoma in situ.
Interventions:
A percutaneous coronary intervention was performed, and an elective surgery for allograft removal was scheduled. However, within 5 weeks after discharge, two more surges of infection coincided with episodes of unstable angina.
Outcomes:
Once the renal allograft has been removed, systemic inflammation was contained. The patient was not re-hospitalized for acute-coronary syndrome within the next 12 months.
Conclusion:
Surges of systemic inflammation due to infection were paralleled by instability of coronary plaques as documented by repeat coronary angiograms.
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