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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.