Intravascular ultrasound to assess anastomotic patency after lung transplantation.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Pulmonary arterial anastomotic stenosis is an unusual complication after single-lung transplantation. Intravascular ultrasound, performed at the bedside with an introducer sheath and guidewire, is a new technique that provides high-resolution tomographic images of the anastomotic site. This modality was used early in the postoperative course of a 58-year-old man to exclude significant pulmonary arterial anastomotic narrowing after right single-lung transplantation for primary pulmonary hypertension.
Medical subject headings
- Lung Transplantation
- Pulmonary Artery
- Ultrasonography, Interventional
- Vascular Patency