Heart-lung transplantation for refractory diffuse alveolar hemorrhage supported by prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after cardiogenic shock from ST segment elevation myocardial infarction: a case report
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Sang Hyun Lee1, Hyun Myung Cho1, Soon Myung Jung1
1Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, South Korea.
Abstract:
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage after percutaneous coronary intervention is a rare but fatal complication. Although timely application of extracorporeal membrane oxygenator and discontinuation of antiplatelet/anticoagulation is the treatment of choice, bleeding is often irreversible. Herein, we introduce a patient with refractory diffuse alveolar hemorrhage after prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenator and percutaneous coronary intervention, who was eventually rescued with heart-lung transplantation.
