Acute myocardial infarction secondary to mucormycosis after lung transplantation
Chetan A. Naik,
Susan K. Mathai,
Uriel S. Sandkovsky,
Kenneth A. Ausloos,
Joseph M. Guileyardo,
Gary Schwartz,
David P. Mason,
Robert Gottlieb,
Todd J. Grazia
Affiliations
Chetan A. Naik
Center for Advanced Heart & Lung Diseases, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA; Corresponding author at: Baylor University Medical Center, Center for Advanced Lung Disease, 3410 Worth Street, Suite 250, Dallas, TX, 75246, USA.
Susan K. Mathai
Center for Advanced Heart & Lung Diseases, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA; Corresponding author.
Uriel S. Sandkovsky
Division of Infectious Diseases, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
Kenneth A. Ausloos
Center for Advanced Heart & Lung Diseases, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
Joseph M. Guileyardo
Department of Pathology, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
Gary Schwartz
Department of Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
David P. Mason
Department of Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
Robert Gottlieb
Center for Advanced Heart & Lung Diseases, Division of Cardiology, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
Todd J. Grazia
Center for Advanced Heart & Lung Diseases, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
We present a case of a 57-year-old man who underwent bilateral lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. His immediately post-operative course was complicated by fever and cardiac arrest. Despite supportive care and broad-spectrum antibiotics, he experienced continued clinical decline. Autopsy results indicated angioinvasive mucormycosis and coronary arteritis resulting in acute myocardial infarction as the cause of death.
