CORRELATION OF CLINICAL EMBOLIC EVENTS WITH COAGULABILITY IN A PATIENT WITH A TOTAL ARTIFICIAL-HEART

Authors
COPELAND JG TSAU PH ARABIA FA XIE TL
Citation
Jg. Copeland et al., CORRELATION OF CLINICAL EMBOLIC EVENTS WITH COAGULABILITY IN A PATIENT WITH A TOTAL ARTIFICIAL-HEART, The Journal of heart and lung transplantation, 14(5), 1995, pp. 990-998
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System",Transplantation
Journal title
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation → ACNP
ISSN journal
10532498
Volume
14
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
990 - 998
Database
ISI
SICI code
1053-2498(1995)14:5<990:COCEEW>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
A 46-year-old female patient was supported for 185 days with a total a rtificial heart, underwent successful transplantation, and survived fo r over 1 year with no clinical residual findings suggestive of embolic events. Daily observation, analysis of a large battery of coagulation tests, and eight serial computed tomographic scans suggest that she h ad 12 embolic events while receiving mechanical support. Furthermore, it appears that the events were associated temporally with several mil d infections and that coagulation was stimulated several days to 1 wee k before we detected the events.