Balloon angioplasty for pulmonary artery stenosis after lung transplantation | Zendy

Tsuyoshi Shoji | Zendy; Nobuharu Hanaoka | Zendy; Hiromi Wada | Zendy; Toru Bando | Zendy

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Balloon angioplasty for pulmonary artery stenosis after lung transplantation

Author(s) -

Tsuyoshi Shoji,

Nobuharu Hanaoka,

Hiromi Wada,

Toru Bando

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.06.005

Subject(s) - medicine , angioplasty , lung transplantation , balloon , left pulmonary artery , stenosis , pulmonary artery , radiology , transplantation , lung , right pulmonary artery , angiography , bronchiectasis , cardiology , surgery

We report here a successful case of balloon angioplasty for a stenosis of the pulmonary artery after lung transplantation. A 49-year-old patient with end stage diffuse bronchiectasis with sinusitis underwent bilateral living donor lobar lung transplantation. After treatment of postoperative right pneumothorax, a perfusion lung scan revealed deficient perfusion in the left lung. Pulmonary angiography showed a severe stenosis in the left pulmonary artery just distal to the anastomosis. Percutaneous balloon angioplasty improved both pulmonary perfusion and respiratory function.

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