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Published on: October 11, 2024
[Pulmonary bleeding after lung transplantation]
H Lehmkuhl1, G Guenther, B Schmidt
1Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin. lehmkuhl@DHZB.de
Background:
Bronchial arteries are not anastomosed during lung transplantation. We analyzed the occurrence of pulmonary hemorrhage after transplantation.
Patients And Methods:
235 patients were included.
Results:
We observed pulmonary bleeding in 4/235 patients (1.7 %). All four cases were due to transplant-specific disorders (arrosion of pulmonary artery in three cases, coagulopathy in one patient).
Conclusions:
The analysis shows, that usual pulmonary hemorrhage does not occur in lung transplant recipients. This underlines the role of bronchial arteries in pulmonary hemorrhage of non-LTX-patients.
