Lung transplantation in patients with severe pulmonary hypertension-Focus on right ventricular remodelling.
Barbara SchubaSebastian MichelSabina GuentherThomas WeigJonas EmserChristian SchneiderNikolaus KneidingerAnna StruevenAlma SisicChristian HaglRene SchrammPublished in: Clinical transplantation (2019)
Sequential bilateral lung transplantation (BLTx) in patients with severe pulmonary hypertension is a feasible treatment option in this high-risk group in experienced high-volume centres. Lung transplantation allows for resolution of secondary right heart failure in these patients.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary hypertension
- heart failure
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- end stage renal disease
- pulmonary artery
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- early onset
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- atrial fibrillation
- single molecule
- coronary artery
- case report
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- patient reported