Pulmonary Vein Stenosis After Single Lung Transplantation.

JACC Case Rep

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Published: April 2024

A 72-year-old man with interstitial lung disease underwent a planned single lung transplantation. His late postoperative course was notable for hemodynamic deterioration, after which severe right pulmonary vein anastomotic stenosis was identified via echocardiogram. The case highlights a rare complication of lung transplantation diagnosed by using transesophageal echocardiogram.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11103598PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102275DOI Listing

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