Single Lung Retransplantation for Graft Infarction due to Herniation of Heart

Abstract A young woman with terminal respiratory failure due to idiopathic pulmonary hypertension underwent bilateral lung transplantation. The postoperative course was complicated by herniation of the heart through over the cut pericardial edge on left side leading to left-sided graft infarction re...

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Main Authors: Prashant N. Mohite, Anton Sabashnikov, Praveen Rao, Bartlomiej Zych, André Simon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2013-09-01
Series:The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0033-1356750