Heart transplant in a patient with acute onset of heart failure and massive bi-ventricular thrombi: A case report
Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation can be utilized to prevent systemic embolization as a bridge to orthotopic heart transplant in patients with biventricular thrombus and end-stage cardiomyopathy.Heart transplant can be a lifesaving treatment in a patient with biventricular thrombi and extensive non-viable myocardium.
Authors
- Rhythm Vasudeva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6880-8397)
- Tarun Dalia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4115-6189)
- Emily Newton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2594-306X)
- Hirak Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3866-7356)
- Matthew Danter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7758-8779)
- Tyler Zorn
- Amandeep Goyal
- Shaden Daloub
- Timothy A. Fields (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0665-370X)
Institutions
- University of Kansas Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Cardiology Cases
- Published
- 2025-06-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jccase.2025.05.003
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00