title: Timing of heart transplantation after a recent pulmonary embolism.
abstract: In patients with heart failure, the complication of pulmonary embolism often delays listing for heart transplantation by several weeks. We report a patient, previously palliated with a Fontan operation for a complex single ventricle, who underwent heart transplantation soon after successful thrombolytic therapy due to a large pulmonary embolus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, USA. tsingh@dmc.org
authors.forename: Tajinder P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Thomas F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Forbes
authors.forename: Henry L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Walters
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018729:Fontan Procedure; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D013997:Time Factors