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An aberrant donor pulmonary vein during lung transplant: a surgical challenge
Noman Hasan Khasati1, Ali MacHaal, Joyce Thekkudan
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wythenshawe Hospital, South Moor Rd, Wythenshawe, Manchester, United Kingdom. nkhasati@yahoo.com
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|December 29, 2004
Abstract:
Aberrant pulmonary veins are uncommon. Anastomosis of such a vein during a lung transplant operation may provide a surgical challenge. We report the first case of an aberrant pulmonary vein anastomosed to the left atrial appendage during the implantation of the left lung.
