Hemodynamically significant suture line obstruction immediately after heart transplantation.
Mechanical complications after heart transplantation are uncommon. We describe a case of hemodynamically significant suture line obstruction that was recognized immediately after heart transplantation using transesophageal echocardiography. Transesophageal echocardiography has proved to be a powerful tool in recognizing mechanical complications in the early posttransplant period.
Ulstad
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Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis 55455.
Braunlin
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Bass
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Shumway
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Molina
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Homans
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D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D012086:Reoperation; D013537:Sutures; D014463:Ultrasonography