title: Sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome: a potential cause of graft failure following heart transplantation.
abstract: A 54-year-old man presented 54 months after a successful heart transplant with cor pulmonale secondary to obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome (SAHS). This unusual cause of reversible graft failure following heart transplantation is presented in this case report.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Freeman Hospital, High Heaton, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: U U
authors.initials: UU
authors.lastname: Nkere
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Corris
mesh_terms: D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D017211:Treatment Failure; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000209:etiology