Successful angioplasty and stent treatment of pulmonary vein stenosis after single-lung transplantation

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009 Feb;28(2):194-8. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.11.001.

Abstract

In this report we describe a 42-year-old man with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with a progressive course who underwent right single-lung transplantation in November 2007. The post-operative course showed a decline of gas exchange, and chest X-ray revealed pneumonic infiltrates. Computerized tomography (CT) scans showed high-grade stenosis of the right superior pulmonary vein. The pulmonary vein stenosis was treated with percutaneous transseptal stent implantation leading to rapid improvement of gas exchange and clinical condition, and a retransplantation could be avoided.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Angioplasty / methods
  • Constriction, Pathologic / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Lung Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / surgery*
  • Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / surgery*
  • Stents
  • Treatment Outcome