Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2763347 | Journal of Clinical Anesthesia | 2011 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Fewer than 80 cases of intracardiac thrombosis and intraoperative pulmonary thromboembolism during liver transplantation have been described. We present a patient who suffered an intraoperative fulminant intracardiac and aortic thrombosis and posthumously was found to have had high anticardiolipin immunoglobulin M concentration and markers of hyperfibrinolysis in preoperatively collected plasma. Hemostatic therapy in the presence of circulating antiphospholipid antibodies and the pathogenesis of a catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome are discussed.
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Authors
Edward Gologorsky, David M. Andrews, Angela Gologorsky, Venkata Sampathi, Lalitha Sundararaman, Radhika Govindaswamy, Yehuda Raveh, Andreas G. Tzakis, Ernesto A. Pretto Jr.,