Hybrid treatment of inferior vena cava obstruction after orthotopic heart transplantation

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Dec;11(6):817-9. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2010.245415. Epub 2010 Sep 17.

Abstract

Caval stenosis with subsequent thrombosis may occur after orthotopic heart transplantation (HT). Management of this complication may include a percutaneous approach or an open surgical one. Here, we report the case of an obstruction and severe thrombosis of the inferior vena cava, following orthotopic HT, that was managed in a hybrid fashion with surgical venous thrombectomy, inferior vena cava stenting, and atrio-caval patch-plasty.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Catheterization*
  • Cattle
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Constriction, Pathologic
  • Heart Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pericardium / transplantation*
  • Phlebography
  • Stents*
  • Thrombectomy*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / diagnostic imaging
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / surgery*
  • Venous Thrombosis / diagnosis
  • Venous Thrombosis / etiology
  • Venous Thrombosis / surgery
  • Venous Thrombosis / therapy*