ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction 33 Days after Lung Transplant in a Patient with Non-Significant CAD before Transplantation: A Case Report
Published: May 1, 2016 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2016/.7800
Saeed Alipour Parsa, Isa Khaheshi, Amir Dousti, Farah Naghashzadeh, Bahar Ataeinia
1. Associated Professor, Cardiovascular Research Center, Department of Cardiology, Modarres Hospital,
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2. Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Research Center, Department of Cardiology, Modarres Hospital,
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
3. Resident of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, Department of Cardiology, Modarres Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,
Tehran, Iran.
4. Associated Professor, Lung Transplantation Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD),
Department of Cardiology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
5. Student of Medicine, Students’ Scientific Research Center (SSRC), Department of Cardiology,
Tehran University of Medical sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Correspondence Address :
Dr. Isa Khaheshi,
Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Research Center, Department of Cardiology, Modarres Hospital,
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
E-mail: isa_khaheshi@yahoo.com
Abstract
Acute myocardial infarction after lung transplantation is not well illustrated in the literature. We present a patient with documented non significant Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) in coronary angiography before lung transplant who was referred to our hospital with acute Myocardial Infarction (MI) 33 days following lung transplantation.
Keywords
Air embolism, Acute myocardial infarction, Coronary artery disease, Lung transplantation