A Rare Case of Chylothorax after Heart Transplantation

Chylothorax is an exceedingly rare but serious complication of orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT). Prompt diagnosis and appropriate management are essential for a good outcome. Management is similar to that of nontransplant patients, but special attention must be given to patients' nutritio...

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Autores principales: Alam, Amit, Hou, Linle, James, Dreamy, Mody, Kanika, Iyer, Deepa, Ghaly, Aziz, Almendral, Jesus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6854220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31772780
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/2049704
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author Alam, Amit
Hou, Linle
James, Dreamy
Mody, Kanika
Iyer, Deepa
Ghaly, Aziz
Almendral, Jesus
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Hou, Linle
James, Dreamy
Mody, Kanika
Iyer, Deepa
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description Chylothorax is an exceedingly rare but serious complication of orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT). Prompt diagnosis and appropriate management are essential for a good outcome. Management is similar to that of nontransplant patients, but special attention must be given to patients' nutritional and immunological status. Relevant literature on this topic is limited. We describe our experience in the management of chylothorax after OHT and provide a summary of reported cases of this complication after isolated heart and combined heart/lung transplant.
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spelling pubmed-68542202019-11-26 A Rare Case of Chylothorax after Heart Transplantation Alam, Amit Hou, Linle James, Dreamy Mody, Kanika Iyer, Deepa Ghaly, Aziz Almendral, Jesus Case Rep Cardiol Case Report Chylothorax is an exceedingly rare but serious complication of orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT). Prompt diagnosis and appropriate management are essential for a good outcome. Management is similar to that of nontransplant patients, but special attention must be given to patients' nutritional and immunological status. Relevant literature on this topic is limited. We describe our experience in the management of chylothorax after OHT and provide a summary of reported cases of this complication after isolated heart and combined heart/lung transplant. Hindawi 2019-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6854220/ /pubmed/31772780 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/2049704 Text en Copyright © 2019 Amit Alam et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Alam, Amit
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/2049704
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