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Exposure of difficult left hilum in bilateral sequential lung transplantation
Domenico Calcaterra1, Mohammad Bashir2, John Keech2
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|October 6, 2014
Abstract:
Left hilar exposure can be challenging during bilateral sequential lung transplantation, particularly in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis due to the overlying heart and limited space. We describe a cost-effective technique that has been used in off-pump cardiopulmonary bypass to retract the heart away from the left hilum, without causing hemodynamic instability, thereby allowing implantation of the left lung without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass.

