[Transesophageal echocardiography in the study of vascular anastomosis in a patient with right lung transplantation]

H Abensur; M Pazolini; C C Medeiros; A V de Moraes; G G Cerri; G Bellotti; N Stolf

[Transesophageal echocardiography in the study of vascular anastomosis in a patient with right lung transplantation]

Arq Bras Cardiol. 1994 Nov;63(5):383-4.

[Article in Portuguese]

Authors

H Abensur¹, M Pazolini, C C Medeiros, A V de Moraes, G G Cerri, G Bellotti, N Stolf

Affiliation

¹ Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas-FMUSP.

PMID: 7611915

Abstract

A 46 years-old man was submitted to right orthotopic lung transplantation due to pulmonary emphysema. The transesophageal echocardiography was important in the evaluation of functional and morphological aspects of pulmonary vessels after this proceeding.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anastomosis, Surgical
Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
Humans
Lung / blood supply*
Lung / surgery
Lung Transplantation / diagnostic imaging*
Male
Middle Aged