Succesful treatment of a severe case of rhabdomyolysis following heart transplantation by hemoadsorption | Zendy

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Succesful treatment of a severe case of rhabdomyolysis following heart transplantation by hemoadsorption

Author(s) -

Immohr Moritz Benjamin,

Lichtenberg Artur,

Boeken Udo,

Akhyari Payam

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of cardiac surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428

H-Index - 58

eISSN - 1540-8191

pISSN - 0886-0440

DOI - 10.1111/jocs.14481

Subject(s) - medicine , rhabdomyolysis , transplantation , perioperative , heart transplantation , kidney transplantation , intensive care medicine , heart failure , hemodialysis , ischemia , surgery , cardiology

Patients after heart transplantation are often showing a variety of different perioperative complications causing an impaired outcome. Rhabdomyolysis can be caused by several reasons such as limb ischemia or myocardial damage and become a trigger for kidney injury. Chronic renal failure with the need for hemodialysis remains a common problem after transplantation and impacts post‐transplant survival. We describe the successful treatment of a patient with severe rhabdomyolysis following heart transplantation by the usage of hemoadsorption.

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