Timing of heart transplantation after a recent pulmonary embolism.
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.
Singh
Tajinder P
TP
Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, USA. tsingh@dmc.org
Forbes
Thomas F
TF
Walters
Henry L
HL
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