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Bilateral lung transplantation for pulmonary artery aneurysm with severe pulmonary hypertension: An evolution or a revolution?
Author(s) -
Jacob Samuel,
Pham Anthony N.,
Sareyyupoglu Basar,
Pham Si M.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.15654
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary hypertension , pulmonary artery , lung , cardiology , aneurysm , lung transplantation , transplantation , surgery
The surgical treatment of pulmonary hypertension (PH), with or without pulmonary artery aneurysm, has evolved during the last 40 years from heart–lung transplants to bilateral lung transplants as the treatment of choice for PH patients with preserved right and left ventricular function and without complex cardiac abnomalies.