Heart-lung transplantation in a 16-month-old infant.
A 16-month-old boy who had a heart-lung transplantation is doing well 16 months postoperatively. The HLT can be a successful treatment for very young patients. Most of the postoperative management can be assessed with noninvasive techniques. Normally, the allograph grows with the recipient.
Bellon
G
G
Clinique Médicale Infantile, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Bénite, France.
Ninet
J
J
Louis
D
D
Jocteur-Monrozier
D
D
Champsaur
G
G
D016041:Heart-Lung Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011649:Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis / Q000601:surgery*