Intravascular ultrasound to assess anastomotic patency after lung transplantation.
Pulmonary arterial anastomotic stenosis is an unusual complication after single-lung transplantation. Intravascular ultrasound, performed at the bedside with an introducer sheath and guidewire, is a new technique that provides high-resolution tomographic images of the anastomotic site. This modality was used early in the postoperative course of a 58-year-old man to exclude significant pulmonary arterial anastomotic narrowing after right single-lung transplantation for primary pulmonary hypertension.
Higano
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Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Gaffney
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Nishimura
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McGregor
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D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000601:surgery; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional; D014654:Vascular Patency