Right Heart Failure in a Cardiac Allograft Following Remote Transvenous Lead Extraction

Authors :: Alan Sugrue
Samuel J. Asirvatham
Gregory W. Barsness
Martin van Zyl
Source :: JACC Case Reports, JACC: Case Reports, Vol 1, Iss 4, Pp 573-575 (2019)
Publication Year :: 2019
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2019.
Abstract: A heart transplant recipient presented with right heart failure. He had a history of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation and extraction before undergoing heart transplantation 4 years earlier. A large fistula was found between the left subclavian artery and vein. Following successful percutaneous fistula closure, symptoms and right ventricular function improved. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)<br />Graphical abstract<br />A heart transplant recipient presented with right heart failure, He had a history of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation and…

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