High Incidence of Venous Thromboembolic Events in Lung Transplant Recipients

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 339-344

  Kahan, Erika S ^a   Petersen, Gerard ^a   Gaughan, John P ^a   Criner, Gerard J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33947637245     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Kim V., and Spandorfer J. Epidemiology of venous thromboembolic disease. Emerg Med Clin N Am 19 (2001) 839-859
2. Kroshus T.J., Kshettry V.R., Hertz M.I., et al. Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism after lung transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 110 (1995) 540-544
3. Geerts W.H., Heit J.A., Clagett G.P., et al. Prevention of venous thromboembolism. Chest 119 (2001) 132-175
4. Izbicki G., Bairey O., Shitrit D., et al. Increased thromboembolic events after lung transplantation. Chest 129 (2006) 412-416
5. Nathan S.D., Barnet S.D., Urban B.A., et al. Pulmonary embolism in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis transplant recipients. Chest 123 (2003) 1758-1763
6. Allen R.D., Michie C.A., Murie J.A., and Morris P.J. Deep venous thrombosis after renal transplantation. Surg Gynecol Obstet 164 (1987) 137-142
7. Humar A., Johnson E.M., Gillingham K.J., et al. Venous thromboembolic complications after kidney and kidney-pancreas transplantation: a multivariate analysis. Transplantation 65 (1998) 229-234
8. Zanazzi M., Poli D., Antonucci E., et al. Venous thromboembolism in renal transplant recipients: high rate of recurrence. Transplant Proc 37 (2005) 2493-2494
9. Tsai A.W., Cushman M., Rosamond W., et al. Cardiovascular risk factors and venous thromboembolism incidence: the longitudinal investigation of thromboembolism etiology. Arch Intern Med 162 (2002) 1182-1191
10. Graff J., Klinkhardt U., Harder S., et al. Immunosuppressive therapy regimen and platelet activation in renal transplant patients. Clin Pharmacol Ther 72 (2002) 411-418
11. Parolari A., Mussoni L., Frigerio M., et al. Increased prothrombotic state lasting as long as one month after on-pump and off-pump coronary surgery. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 130 (2005) 303-308
12. Rinder C. Cellular inflammatory response and clinical outcome in cardiac surgery. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 19 (2006) 65-68