Management Strategies for Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis Following Single Lung Transplantation
- 16 June 2010
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Journal of Cardiac Surgery
- Vol. 10 (2) , 169-178
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8191.1995.tb01235.x
Abstract
Pulmonary vein thrombosis following lung transplantation is an infrequently reported and often fatal vascular complication. Two cases of early pulmonary vein thrombosis following single lung transplantation are described. Both patients underwent surgical thrombectomy and anastomotic reconstruction following institution of cardiopulmonary bypass, but died of multiorgan failure within 5 days of diagnosis. The efficacy of transesophageal echocardiography as a diagnostic modality, as well as medical and surgical management strategies for thrombectomy, are discussed.Keywords
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