TY - JOUR
T1 - Allograft coronary artery thrombosis
T2 - a case report of early cardiac allograft left ventricular myocardial infarction.
AU - Torres, Sergio A.
AU - Cheema, Omar
AU - Shah, Dipan J.
AU - Torre-Amione, Guillermo
AU - Estep, Jerry D.
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - Cardiac allograft dysfunction is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the early post-transplantation period. This is a critical condition that requires prompt diagnosis and management. We present the case of a 57-year-old man with ischemic cardiomyopathy who underwent cardiac transplantation and developed a rare case of coronary artery thrombosis in the setting of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis syndrome (HITTS) within the first 2 postoperative weeks. Transmural myocardial infarction (MI) was initially noted on cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging as regional left ventricular wall motion abnormalities and transmural hyperenhancement after gadolinium administration, prompting further evaluation of the coronary circulation with angiography.
AB - Cardiac allograft dysfunction is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the early post-transplantation period. This is a critical condition that requires prompt diagnosis and management. We present the case of a 57-year-old man with ischemic cardiomyopathy who underwent cardiac transplantation and developed a rare case of coronary artery thrombosis in the setting of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis syndrome (HITTS) within the first 2 postoperative weeks. Transmural myocardial infarction (MI) was initially noted on cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging as regional left ventricular wall motion abnormalities and transmural hyperenhancement after gadolinium administration, prompting further evaluation of the coronary circulation with angiography.
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U2 - 10.14797/mdcj-8-1-46
DO - 10.14797/mdcj-8-1-46
M3 - Article
C2 - 22891111
AN - SCOPUS:84871900742
SN - 1947-6094
VL - 8
SP - 46
EP - 48
JO - Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal
JF - Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal
IS - 1
ER -