[Angina after a heart transplant with evidence of late sympathetic reinnervation. Report of one case]

Rev Med Chil. 2007 Dec;135(12):1577-81. Epub 2008 Feb 13.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We report a 56 years-old man presenting with chest pain with exercise, seven years after an orthotopic heart transplant. A coronary angiography showed an atherosclerotic lesion in the common left main coronary artery with more than 90% obstruction. The lesion was successfully treated with a transluminal angioplasty with stenting. A 131-1 metaiodobenylguanidine (MIBG) scan demonstrated sympathetic reinnervation. Sixteen months later, due to progression of allograft vasculopathy, coronary artery bypass was required.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Angina Pectoris / etiology*
  • Angina Pectoris / surgery
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary*
  • Coronary Artery Disease / complications*
  • Coronary Artery Disease / therapy*
  • Heart / innervation*
  • Heart Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Revascularization
  • Reoperation
  • Stents*