title: Systemic recombinant tissue plasminogen activator lysis for left atrial thrombus formation after single-lung retransplantation.
abstract: This report describes a recipient of single-lung transplantation surviving extraordinary complications: (1) early graft failure mandating retransplantation; (2) left atrial thrombus formation, which resolved by recombinant tissue plasminogen activator lysis; (3) and development of a "locked-in-syndrome." Possible underlying mechanisms are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Gulba
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Heublein
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kemnitz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haverich
mesh_terms: D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology; D012086:Reoperation; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator