Author/Editor     Loyalka, Pranav; Cevik, Cihan; Nathan, Sriram; Gregorič, Igor; Kar, Biswajit; Parulekar, Amit; Scheinin, Scott A.; Seethamraju, Harish
Title     Percutaneous stenting to treat pulmonary vein stenosis after single-lung transplantation
Type     članek
Vol. and No.     Letnik 39, št. 4
Publication year     2012
Volume     str. 560-564
ISSN     0730-2347 - Texas Heart Institute journal / from the Texas Heart Institute of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital
Language     eng
Abstract     Pulmonary vein stenosis after lung transplantation is rare. Untreated, it can cause transplant failure and death. We describe the case of a 56-year-old man in whom pulmonary vein stenosis developed after singlelung transplantation. He was successfully treated with angioplasty and stent implantation guided by intravascular ultrasonography. To our knowledge, this is the first report of using this method to evaluate the pulmonary vein after lung transplantation, to confirm the diagnosis of pulmonary vein stenosis, and to guide the sizing and positioning of a stent. In lung-transplant recipients, percutaneous stent implantation may preclude reoperation and salvage the transplanted lung when used as treatment for pulmonary vein stenosis.
Keywords     angioplasty
diagnosis
lung transplantation
angioplastika
diagnoza
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