title: Combined heart-single-lung transplantation: a unique operation for unique indications.
abstract: Combined heart-lung transplantation has been a proven therapeutic option for patients with end-stage cardiopulmonary disease since 1981. Occasional patients are not candidates to receive both lungs en bloc. We describe such a case and propose indications and a surgical technique and present the limited published experience of combined heart-single-lung transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: John V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Conte
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jhaveri
authors.forename: Marvin C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Borja
authors.forename: Jonathan B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Orens
mesh_terms: D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D016041:Heart-Lung Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018579:Patient Selection