Pulmonary Transplant Salvage Using Ultrasound-Assisted Thrombolysis of Subacute Occlusive Main Pulmonary Artery Embolus.
INNOVATIONS-TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES IN CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR SURGERY 2018;
12:214-216. [PMID:
28538271 DOI:
10.1097/imi.0000000000000371]
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Abstract
A 53-year-old woman who underwent bilateral lung transplantation 14 months before presented with 2 to 3 weeks of severe exertional dyspnea. Workup revealed a complete embolic occlusion of her left main pulmonary artery related to a femoral deep venous thrombosis. The occlusion did not respond to systemic anticoagulation, and a trial of catheter-directed thrombolysis was pursued. Flow to the left lower lobe was restored after 2 days of thromobolytic therapy. The patient is alive and well at more than 1 year of follow-up.
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