Treatment of haemoptysis in pulmonary atresia with tranexamic acid

Matthew J Devine; Dorothy J Radford

doi:10.1017/S1047951112001096

Treatment of haemoptysis in pulmonary atresia with tranexamic acid

Cardiol Young. 2013 Apr;23(2):304-5. doi: 10.1017/S1047951112001096. Epub 2012 Jul 20.

Authors

Matthew J Devine¹, Dorothy J Radford

Affiliation

¹ Adult Congenital Heart Disease Unit, The Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Brisbane, Australia.

PMID: 22814177
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951112001096

Abstract

We report the case of a young woman with continuing haemoptysis, pulmonary atresia, previous shunt surgery, and pulmonary hypertension. She was not suitable for further surgery or for therapeutic embolisation of bronchial vessels. Treatment with tranexamic acid resolved the haemoptysis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Antifibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use*
Blalock-Taussig Procedure
Female
Heart Septal Defects / complications*
Heart Septal Defects / surgery
Hemoptysis / complications
Hemoptysis / drug therapy*
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications*
Pulmonary Atresia / complications*
Pulmonary Atresia / surgery
Tranexamic Acid / therapeutic use*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antifibrinolytic Agents
Tranexamic Acid

Supplementary concepts

Pulmonary Atresia With Ventricular Septal Defect