Ang SS, Rao SH, Rizkalla NA, Cha S, Yang Y, Chacko M, Gurakar AO, Ottmann SE, Pustavoitau A. Intraoperative Type I Acute Myocardial Infarction During Liver Transplant Requiring Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump: A Case Report.
EXP CLIN TRANSPLANT 2020;
20:782-785. [PMID:
33272160 DOI:
10.6002/ect.2020.0205]
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Abstract
We describe a complex case of liver transplant in a 70-year-old male patient with no known history of coronary artery disease, normal preoperative left ventricular function, and negative preoperative cardiac workup who developed progressive intra-operative left ventricular myocardial dysfunction secondary to class I acute myocardial infarction, ultimately requiring intraoperative intra-aortic balloon pump insertion to optimize myocardial perfusion. Management of myocardial ischemia was complicated by bleeding in the setting of coagulopathy necessitating correction. Once hemostasis was achieved, the patient immediately underwent coronary angiography and bare metal stent placement in the mid-left anterior descending coronary artery for an acute plaque rupture.
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