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