A rare cause of right heart failure after heart transplantation: right coronary cusp thrombosis

Hatice Soner Kemal; Serkan Ertugay; Çağatay Engin; Sanem Nalbantgil; Tahir Yağdı; Mustafa Özbaran

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2015.10857

Hatice Soner Kemal¹, Serkan Ertugay², Çağatay Engin², Sanem Nalbantgil¹, Tahir Yağdı², Mustafa Özbaran²

¹Departments of Cardiology, Medical Faculty of Ege University, İzmir, Turkey
²Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Faculty of Ege University, İzmir, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2015.10857

Right heart failure and pump thrombosis are potentially life-threatening complications and major causes of morbidity following left ventricular assist device implantation. Herein, we report a case of 47-year-old male patient who had successful heart transplantation 20 months after left ventricular assist device implantation. The device-supported period was uneventful during follow-up, but right coronary cusp thrombosis occluding the right coronary artery resulted in right heart failure 11 days after heart transplantation.

Keywords : Right heart failure; thrombosis; transplantation; ventricular assist device

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