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Single-lung transplantation with atrial septal defect repair for Eisenmenger's syndrome
P M McCarthy1, E R Rosenkranz, R D White
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195-5066.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|August 1, 1991
Abstract:
Heart-lung transplantation has been used successfully for patients with pulmonary vascular disease but its application has been very limited due to the scarcity of donors. We report a patient with Eisenmenger's syndrome who underwent right single-lung transplantation with closure of atrial septal defect; postoperative convalescence was uneventful. Serial magnetic resonance imaging examinations demonstrate improved right heart function.