Open AccessDynamic Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction Complicating Bilateral Lung Transplantation
Author(s) -
W Murtha,
Craig Guenther
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1097/00000539-200203000-00014
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricular outflow tract obstruction , cardiology , outflow , ventricular outflow tract , lung transplantation , transplantation , lung , hemodynamics , heart transplantation , radiology , mitral valve , physics , meteorology
Dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (DLVOTO) has been observed in a variety of clinical circumstances but not previously reported in the setting of orthotopic lung transplantation. Diagnosis and effective management of this adverse event were facilitated by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE).