Journal of Gastrointestinal & Digestive System
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Case Report

Liver Transplantation for High Output Heart Failure Secondary to HHT: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Saleh Elwir^1*, Cindy M. Martin², Srinath Chinnakotla³, Mark Reding⁴, John Lake¹ and Mohamed Hassan¹

¹Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

²Cardiovascular Division, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

³Division of Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

⁴Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

*Corresponding Author:

Saleh Elwir MD
Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellow
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
University of Minnesota, 406 Harvard St. SE
MMC 36, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
Tel: 612-625-8999
Fax: 612-625-5620
E-mail: elwir001@umn.edu

Received date: August 11, 2015 Accepted date:August 31, 2015Published date: September 07, 2015

Citation: Elwir S, Martin CM, Chinnakotla S, Reding M, Lake J, et al. (2015) Liver Transplantation for High Output Heart Failure Secondary to HHT: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. J Gastrointest Dig Syst 5:331. doi:10.4172/2161-069X.1000331

Copyright: © 2015 Elwir S, et al. 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.

Liver involvement in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) can lead to high output heart failure. We report a case of a patient with HHT who developed high output heart failure that failed to respond to maximal medical therapy who eventually underwent liver transplantation with resolution of symptoms.

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