The role of biventricular assistance in primary graft failure after heart transplantation.

A 37-year-old man suffered from systolic heart failure as a result of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy since 1995 and was followed up in our cardiology department. In June 2006, the patient arrived at our outpatient clinic with an acute renal impairment and all manifestations of acute heart failure. He was already registered on the waiting list for heart transplantation (Eurotransplant) as a highly urgent request.

Madura's foot in a renal transplant patient: report of a case.

A 40-year-old kidney transplant male recipient was hospitalized for chronic abscess of the right foot in a context of immunodepression. The patient came from Djibouti and was in Belgium for a few days. He presented a right foot with a swelling localized on the first metatarsophalangeal joint which was excoriated (Figures 1 and 2) and was self-treated ineffectively with various local antiseptics for several months.