Fatal pulmonary embolism during liver transplantation in a patient with fulminant hepatic failure: a diagnostic challenge of the "flat-line" thromboelastogram

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2010 Aug;24(4):641-3. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2009.07.013. Epub 2009 Oct 12.

Authors

Mariam M El-Baghdadi¹, Tetsuro Sakai

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.

PMID: 19819727
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2009.07.013

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Intraoperative Complications / diagnosis*
Intraoperative Complications / etiology
Liver Failure, Acute / complications
Liver Failure, Acute / surgery*
Liver Transplantation / adverse effects*
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis*
Pulmonary Embolism / etiology
Thrombelastography / methods*
Tissue Donors