Acute myocardial infarction after live donor liver surgery.
Acute myocardial infarction is a tedious risk inherent in all major surgeries. Preoperative assessment has been directed mainly to assess its risk because it carries with it a very high mortality. Living donor liver transplantation has been subject to inquest not only because of the morbidity risk but also because of the mortality risk it carries to the live donor. We report a case of a 39-year-old donor who died of acute myocardial infarction following right-lobe donor hepatectomy. In conclusion, to our knowledge this is the first reported case of mortality due to a cardiac event following donor surgery.
Polido
Wilfredo
W
Asian Centre for Liver Diseases and Transplantation, Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore. wpolido@yahoo.com
Hoe
Lee Kang
LK
Siang
Ng Kheng
NK
Chah
Tan Kai
TK
D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D012306:Risk; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000009:adverse effects