Successful Outcome After Massive Bleeding in A Heart Transplant Recipient With Mycotic Aortitis
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- Vol. 28 (1) , 45-47
- https://doi.org/10.3109/14017439409098710
Abstract
Sudden mediastinal haemorrhage one month after heart transplantation in an 18-year-old youth was found to originate from a rupture of the ascending aorta associated with mycotic aortitis. Aortic continuity was restored with a Dacron graft. Cultures from the resected vessel wall showed Candida albicans. The patient recovered, and 11 months later is well.Keywords
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