Fatal intracardiac and pulmonary arterial thromboembolic damage following ABO-incompatible living donor liver transplantation for autoimmune hepatitis

We present the case of a patient with autoimmune hepatitis who suffered fatal intracardiac and pulmonary arterial thromboembolic complications after ABO-incompatible living donor liver transplantation (ABOi LDLT) with splenectomy.A 46-year-old female (blood type B+) with autoimmune hepatitis and hepatitis B carrier status underwent elective ABOi LDLT. The donor liver was from a 51-year-old male living donor (blood type A+). A splenectomy was...