Korean Journal of Transplantation (Jun 2022)

COVID-19 among solid organ transplant recipients in Korea: surveillance data of the Korean Transplantation Society, January 2020 to March 2022

  • Ji-Man Kang,
  • Youn Jeong Kim,
  • Kyungmin Huh,
  • Jong Man Kim,
  • Wan Beom Park,
  • Hyung Joon Ahn,
  • Jaeseok Yang,
  • Sang-Oh Lee,
  • Su Jin Jeong,
  • Myoung Soo Kim,
  • Sang Il Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4285/kjt.22.0025
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 36, no. 2
pp. 159 – 163

Abstract

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Coronary artery spasm after heart transplantation is a very rare complication. In one observational study and many anecdotal reports, most cases of coronary artery spasm occurred more than 1 year after surgery and had good outcomes. However, cases of intractable coronary artery spasm during the early postoperative period resulting in fatality are limited. This report presents a case of two cardiac arrests caused by coronary artery spasms within a short period of time after heart transplantation.