Postoperative outcomes and management strategies for coronary artery disease in patients in need of a lung transplantation.
Sameer J KhandharAndrew D AlthouseSuresh MulukutlaRobert KormosCatalin TomaOscar MarroquinElizabeth VolzLeben TeferaChristian BermudezPublished in: Clinical transplantation (2017)
There is a high prevalence of coronary disease in the population of patients with advanced lung disease requiring lung transplantation. Careful evaluation and treatment can allow for patients with all severities of CAD including those requiring revascularization to successfully undergo LTx.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- end stage renal disease
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- cardiovascular events
- coronary artery
- prognostic factors
- patients undergoing
- heart failure
- atrial fibrillation
- patient reported
- smoking cessation