Combined heart-single-lung transplantation: a unique operation for unique indications.
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.
Conte
John V
JV
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Jhaveri
Rajiv
R
Borja
Marvin C
MC
Orens
Jonathan B
JB
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