Systemic recombinant tissue plasminogen activator lysis for left atrial thrombus formation after single-lung retransplantation.
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.
Schmid
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Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany.
Gulba
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Heublein
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Kemnitz
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Haverich
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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*
D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator