title: Kinking of the pulmonary artery: a treatable cause of acute right ventricular failure after heart transplantation.
abstract: Kinking of the pulmonary artery has been reported only once as a cause of acute right ventricular failure after heart transplantation. We report two cases of kinking of the pulmonary artery encountered during a 3-year period (120 heart transplants). An analysis of the causes of this complication and a diagnostic and therapeutic approach are presented.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Surgery Service, Hôpital Broussais, Paris.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dreyfus
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Jebara
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Couetil
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carpentier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*