Plastic bronchitis: resolution after heart transplantation
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Mai K ElMallah1, Sreekala Prabhakaran, Sarah E Chesrown
1Pediatric Pulmonary Division, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Pediatric Pulmonology
|April 6, 2011
Abstract:
Plastic bronchitis (PB) is a rare cause of obstructive airway disease in patients who have undergone partially corrective surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD). The etiology of plastic bronchitis in such patients is ill-defined, and treatment is ineffective. We report resolution of PB and severe obstructive airway disease after heart transplantation in a patient with CHD.
