Organ Transplantation Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Organ Transplantation, including details on risks, prognosis, procedure, surgery.

Right-to-left shunt through a patent foramen ovale left open in the management of acute right heart failure after heart transplantation.

Ozdogan ME, Erer D, Iriz E, Oktar GL, Kula S, Buyukates M

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.

Severe pulmonary hypertension is a risk factor for mortality in heart transplantation due to elevated post-operative right heart failure. Various treatment modalities have been used in the management of pulmonary hypertension in the peri-operative period. We report a case of successful management of acute right heart failure after orthotopic heart transplantation by decompression of the right ventricle through the patent foramen ovale of the donor heart and inhalation of iloprost.

Published 11 January 2008 in J Heart Lung Transplant, 27(1): 135-7.
Full-text of this article is available online (may require subscription).

© 2004-2008 Organ Transplantation Research Today. All Rights Reserved.