A rare cause of right heart failure after heart transplantation: right coronary cusp thrombosis
Articles > Article · 2015
Authors: Hatice Soner KEMAL, Serkan ERTUGAY, Çağatay ENGİN, Sanem NALBANTGİL, Tahir YAĞDI, Mustafa ÖZBARAN
TURK GOGUS KALP DAMAR CERRAHISI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2015, vol 23, pp 343-345
DOI: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2015.10857
Summary
Right heart failure and pump thrombosis are potentially life-threatening complications and major causes of morbidity following left ventricular assist device implantation. Herein, we report a case of 47-year-old male patient who had successful heart transplantation 20 months after left ventricular assist device implantation. The device-supported period was uneventful during follow-up, but right coronary cusp thrombosis occluding the right coronary artery resulted in right heart failure 11 days after heart transplantation.