Bilateral lung transplantation for pulmonary artery aneurysm with severe pulmonary hypertension: An evolution or a revolution?
Samuel JacobAnthony N PhamBasar SareyyupogluSi M PhamPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2021)
The surgical treatment of pulmonary hypertension (PH), with or without pulmonary artery aneurysm, has evolved during the last 40 years from heart-lung transplants to bilateral lung transplants as the treatment of choice for PH patients with preserved right and left ventricular function and without complex cardiac abnomalies.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary artery
- pulmonary hypertension
- coronary artery
- left ventricular
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- heart failure
- case report
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- early onset
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- abdominal aortic aneurysm
- aortic stenosis
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- mitral valve
- atrial fibrillation
- combination therapy
- coronary artery disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement