Anticardiolipin antibody-associated stroke after liver transplantation. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Stroke is uncommon after orthotopic liver transplantation. We offer the first report, to our knowledge, of two posttransplant patients with stroke associated with elevated anticardiolipin antibodies, and we discuss their management, including the use of immunosuppression and antithrombotic therapy. We suggest that anticoagulation is the treatment of choice for such patients.

publication date

  • March 27, 1997

Research

keywords

  • Antibodies, Anticardiolipin
  • Antiphospholipid Syndrome
  • Cerebrovascular Disorders
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Postoperative Complications

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0030892256

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1097/00007890-199703270-00020

PubMed ID

  • 9089235

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 63

issue

  • 6