Lung transplantation for primary pulmonary hypertension and giant pulmonary artery aneurysm

T Wekerle; W Klepetko; S Taghavi; T Birsan

doi:10.1016/s0003-4975(97)01413-6

Lung transplantation for primary pulmonary hypertension and giant pulmonary artery aneurysm

Ann Thorac Surg. 1998 Mar;65(3):825-7. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(97)01413-6.

Authors

T Wekerle¹, W Klepetko, S Taghavi, T Birsan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Austria.

PMID: 9527223
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(97)01413-6

Abstract

We report the case of an 18-year-old patient with a giant pulmonary artery aneurysm and primary pulmonary hypertension who was successfully treated with bilateral lung transplantation and complete reconstruction of the pulmonary artery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Aneurysm / surgery*
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / surgery*
Lung Transplantation*
Male
Pulmonary Artery / surgery*