Clotting factor in Amer death
PA Wellington The death of the Porirua heart transplant recipient, Mr Dave Amer, was caused by a combination of narrowed heart arteries and coronary thrombosis, or clotting. A Wellington Hospital cardiologist, Dr David McHaffie, said the condition, arteriosclerosis and coronary thrombosis, could be accelerated in some heart transplant patients. He emphasised that it was extremely variable, and did not affect all coronary patients. Mr Amer, aged 51, collapsed and died suddenly at his Porirua home on
Wednesday night. A sufferer of coronary artery disease, he received his new heart in England last December. Dr McHaffie, who treated Mr Amer before and after his operation, said yesterday he was very disappointed at the unexpected death. If deterioration was to have occurred, it was expected to be gradual, and happen maybe a year or two after the operation. Dr McHaffie said he still had every confidence in the operation, which he said was the only really effective treatment for severe heart failure. Anti-rejection drugs were improving constantly, as were follow-up programmes.
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