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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Zimmermann, Gregor S., MD
• Reithmann, Christopher, MD
• Strauss, Tim, MD
• Hatz, Rudolph, MD
• Brenner, Paolo, MD
• Überfuhr, Alois, MD
• Frey, Lorenz, MD
• Nikolaou, Konstandin, MD
• Behr, Juergen, MD

Titel

Successful Angioplasty and Stent Treatment of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis After Single-lung Transplantation

Ist Teil von

• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation, 2009-02, Vol.28 (2), p.194-198

Ort / Verlag

New York, NY: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

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Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In this report we describe a 42-year-old man with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with a progressive course who underwent right single-lung transplantation in November 2007. The post-operative course showed a decline of gas exchange, and chest X-ray revealed pneumonic infiltrates. Computerized tomography (CT) scans showed high-grade stenosis of the right superior pulmonary vein. The pulmonary vein stenosis was treated with percutaneous transseptal stent implantation leading to rapid improvement of gas exchange and clinical condition, and a retransplantation could be avoided.