Graft failure caused by pulmonary venous obstruction diagnosed by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography during lung transplantation.
Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography can be useful to diagnose pulmonary venous anastomotic stenoses during lung transplantation.
Huang
Y C
YC
Department of Anesthesiology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, Taipei.
Cheng
Y J
YJ
Lin
Y H
YH
Wang
M J
MJ
Tsai
S K
SK
D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000502:physiology; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D011668:Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging