Cardiac mass many years after heart transplantation-a case report

Lucia Dallapellegrina; Edoardo Sciatti; Enrico Vizzardi; Antonio D'Aloia

doi:10.1007/s12055-022-01362-x

Cardiac mass many years after heart transplantation-a case report

Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Sep;38(5):537-540. doi: 10.1007/s12055-022-01362-x. Epub 2022 May 27.

Authors

Lucia Dallapellegrina^{1

2}, Edoardo Sciatti³, Enrico Vizzardi^{1

2}, Antonio D'Aloia^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
² Cardio-Thoracic Department, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy.
³ Cardiology Unit 1, Cardiovascular Department, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Piazza OMS 1, 24127 Bergamo, Italy.

Abstract

The bi-atrial surgical technique of heart transplantation is associated with postoperative atrial dysfunction, sinus node dysfunction, valvular dysfunction, and bi-atrial enlargement predisposing to atrial arrhythmia with thrombus formation. This report deals with a very late thrombus formation in the neo-atrium of a heart transplanted using the bi-atrial technique. The absence of arrhythmia and absence of any history of intake of prothrombotic medications make it noteworthy.

Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12055-022-01362-x.

Keywords: Bi-atrial technique; Bi-caval technique; Giant neo-atrium; Heart transplantation; thrombus.

Publication types

Case Reports