Severe pulmonary vascular change in patients dying with right ventricular failure after heart transplantation.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Two patients died following heart transplantation from failure of the donor right ventricle. Histological examination of the lungs showed occlusion of pulmonary veins. A more reliable method is required to predict the outcome for potential heart transplant recipients with a "borderline" pulmonary vascular resistance.
Medical subject headings
- Heart Transplantation
- Postoperative Complications
- Pulmonary Artery
- Pulmonary Veins
- Ventricular Dysfunction, Right