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9517561

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
Thrombus formation at the pulmonary venous anastomotic site after lung transplantation may have catastrophic consequences, including allograft failure and stroke. However, treatment with systemic anticoagulation may facilitate bleeding in the early postoperative period. In the present report, we describe the clinical and transesophageal echocardiographic findings of pulmonary venous thrombosis in two patients in the immediate postoperative period after lung transplantation. Treatment with systemic anticoagulation was not feasible because of extensive postoperative thoracic bleeding in each instance. A conservative approach was taken on the basis of the small size of each thrombus and lack of accelerated flow velocity at the site of the thrombus. Each thrombus resolved spontaneously without clinical sequelae. These two cases suggest that thrombus size and flow velocity at the anastomotic site may be used to guide the clinical management of pulmonary venous thrombosis after lung transplantation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0894-7317
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
209-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Spontaneous resolution of pulmonary venous thrombosis after lung transplantation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports