Urgent heart retransplantation in an adult patient with anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy after diffuse large B-cell lymphoma – a case report

Heart retransplantation is a considerable treatment option for some patients with graft failure. In the time of heart donor shortage it is of great importance to critically assess candidates for cardiac retransplantation. In this article we present a rare case of an adult patient who underwent successful urgent heart retransplantation due to severe toxic cardiomyopathy (anthracycline-induced) after posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) – diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.