Lung transplant, double valve repair, and pulmonary artery aneurysm resection.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.07.067.
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Abstract
Up to 66% of giant pulmonary artery aneurysms are associated with severe pulmonary hypertension. For these patients, lung or heart-lung en bloc transplantation is the only definitive therapy available. To date, there have been only two reports of concomitant double lung transplant and resection of a giant pulmonary artery aneurysm. We report a case of combined mitral and pulmonary valve repair, resection of a giant pulmonary artery aneurysm, and double lung transplant in a patient with primary pulmonary hypertension.
Medical subject headings
- Aneurysm
- Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
- Hypertension, Pulmonary
- Lung Transplantation
- Mitral Valve Insufficiency
- Pulmonary Artery
- Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency