Systemic recombinant tissue plasminogen activator lysis for left atrial thrombus formation after single-lung retransplantation.

Schmid, C; Gulba, D C; Heublein, B; Kemnitz, J; Haverich, A · Ann Thorac Surg · 1992

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

This report describes a recipient of single-lung transplantation surviving extraordinary complications: (1) early graft failure mandating retransplantation; (2) left atrial thrombus formation, which resolved by recombinant tissue plasminogen activator lysis; (3) and development of a "locked-in-syndrome." Possible underlying mechanisms are discussed.

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