Left Main Artery Thrombus Complicating Heart Transplantation in a Patient With Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2016 Oct;30(5):1334-6. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2015.12.017. Epub 2015 Dec 9.

Authors

Aju P Pazhenkottil¹, Alain Rudiger², Andreas Flammer³, Frank Enseleit³, Stephan Jacobs⁴, Volkmar Falk⁴, Frank Ruschitzka³, Dominique Bettex²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology. Electronic address: aju.pazhenkottil@usz.ch.
² Institute of Anaesthesiology.
³ Department of Cardiology.
⁴ Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

PMID: 27431594
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2015.12.017

No abstract available

Keywords: extracorporeal life support; heart transplantation; heparin-induced thrombocytopenia; ischemic cardiomyopathy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anticoagulants / adverse effects
Coronary Thrombosis / complications*
Coronary Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Thrombosis / therapy
Heart Transplantation*
Heparin / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging*
Thrombectomy
Thrombocytopenia / chemically induced*

Substances

Anticoagulants
Heparin