A bilateral lung transplant and giant pulmonary artery aneurysm reconstruction with an aortic graft in a woman with pulmonary hypertension

An aneurysm of the pulmonary artery is a rare but severe complication in patients suffering from pulmonary arterial hypertension. For these patients, a lung or heart-lung transplant is the only definitive therapy available. Our goal was to show a reconstruction strategy in a patient with a mismatch...

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery 2022-11, Vol.62 (6)
Hauptverfasser: Poveda, David, Fadel, Elie, Lorenzi, William, Menager, Jean Baptiste
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An aneurysm of the pulmonary artery is a rare but severe complication in patients suffering from pulmonary arterial hypertension. For these patients, a lung or heart-lung transplant is the only definitive therapy available. Our goal was to show a reconstruction strategy in a patient with a mismatch between the pulmonary artery and the donor aorta.
ISSN:1010-7940
1873-734X
DOI:10.1093/ejcts/ezac538