Author(s)

Puneeth Shridhar¹, Ramzi Khalil², Triston Smith³, Gustav Eles², David Lasorda², Young Jae Chun^1,4,5

¹Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
²Department of Cardiology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, USA.
³Department of Cardiology, Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, USA.
⁴Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
⁵McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Pittsburgh, USA.

Coronary allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is an accelerated form of coronary artery disease that is responsible for significant mortality after cardiac transplantation. We report a case of CAV with significant thrombus burden which was managed with mechanical thrombectomy. Both aspiration and mechanical thrombectomy can be safely done in cardiac transplant recipients and may be considered in order to minimize exposure to coronary artery bypass procedure. This is especially valuable in emergency circumstances.

Cardiac Transplantation, Heart Transplantation, Coronary Allograft Vasculopathy

Shridhar, P. , Khalil, R. , Smith, T. , Eles, G. , Lasorda, D. and Chun, Y. (2016) Mechanical Thrombectomy in Post-Transplant Heart. World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, 6, 338-341. doi: 10.4236/wjcd.2016.610039.