title: Pulmonary artery dissection in a patient with Eisenmenger syndrome treated with heart and lung transplantation.
abstract: We report the case of a patient with known Eisenmenger syndrome due to congenital ventricular septal defect, who developed pulmonary artery dissection. The patient was successfully treated with heart and lung transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Gentofte University Hospital, Niels Andersens Vej 65, 2900 Hellerup, Denmark. niels_tonder@dadlnet.dk
authors.forename: Niels
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tønder
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Køber
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hassager
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002637:Chest Pain; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004541:Eisenmenger Complex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications; D016041:Heart-Lung Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery