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A 39-year-old live liver donor died of an acute myocardial infarction following right-lobe donor hepatectomy, representing the first reported case of cardiac mortality after donor surgery.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights the rare but severe risk of fatal acute myocardial infarction in live liver donors following hepatectomy.
Donor death from perioperative MI after right-lobe hepatectomy warrants heightened cardiac screening; leaves open optimal risk-stratification protocols.
Acute myocardial infarction is a tedious risk inherent in all major surgeries. Preoperative assessment has been directed mainly to assess its risk because it carries with it a very high mortality. Living donor liver transplantation has been subject to inquest not only because of the morbidity risk but also because of the mortality risk it carries to the live donor. We report a case of a 39-year-old donor who died of acute myocardial infarction following right-lobe donor hepatectomy. In conclusion, to our knowledge this is the first reported case of mortality due to a cardiac event following donor surgery.
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Polido et al. (2006) conducted a case report in Acute myocardial infarction (n=1). Right-lobe donor hepatectomy was evaluated on Mortality due to acute myocardial infarction. A 39-year-old live liver donor died of an acute myocardial infarction following right-lobe donor hepatectomy, representing the first reported case of cardiac mortality after donor surgery.
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