Left atrial thrombus after lung transplantation.
We report on a 16-year-old boy who developed a thrombus at the left atrial suture line after undergoing a bilateral sequential single lung transplantation. The diagnosis was made by transesophageal echocardiogram.
Pham
S M
SM
Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15213.
Armitage
J M
JM
Katz
W E
WE
Griffith
B P
BP
D000293:Adolescent; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography