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Combined heart-single-lung transplantation: a unique operation for unique indications
John V Conte1, Rajiv Jhaveri, Marvin C Borja
1Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Abstract:
Combined heart-lung transplantation has been a proven therapeutic option for patients with end-stage cardiopulmonary disease since 1981. Occasional patients are not candidates to receive both lungs en bloc. We describe such a case and propose indications and a surgical technique and present the limited published experience of combined heart-single-lung transplantation.