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Total pulmonary artery occlusion immediately after lung transplantation: successful revascularization with
S E Hearne1, M P O'Laughlin, R D Davis
1Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Abstract:
Occlusion of the pulmonary artery anastomosis is an uncommon early complication of lung transplantation which necessitates emergency surgical revision. Percutaneous correction of such a complication has not been previously reported. We report a patient who had total pulmonary artery occlusion less than 24 hours after right single lung transplantation with successful revascularization achieved by means of percutaneously delivered endovascular stents.