INTRACARDIAC THROMBI AFTER ORTHOTOPIC HEART-TRANSPLANTATION - CLINICAL-SIGNIFICANCE AND ETIOLOGIC FACTORS

The frequency and clinical significance of intracardiac thrombi after orthotopic heart transplantation are still not fully understood. The a im of this article is to present five patients with heart transplants with intracardiac thrombi and to subject the possible cause, methods o f diagnosis, and treatment of this phenomenon to scrutiny. The frequen cy of intracardiac thrombi may well be higher than anticipated, with e mboli occurring only in a small proportion of cases. Hematologic, anat omic, and hemodynamic factors seem to have a bearing on thrombogenesis . Further multicenter studies are required to gain a better understand ing of this disorder.