title: Severe pulmonary vascular change in patients dying with right ventricular failure after heart transplantation.
abstract: Two patients died following heart transplantation from failure of the donor right ventricle. Histological examination of the lungs showed occlusion of pulmonary veins. A more reliable method is required to predict the outcome for potential heart transplant recipients with a "borderline" pulmonary vascular resistance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Hasleton
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Brooks
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000473:pathology*; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000473:pathology*