[Pulmonary bleeding after lung transplantation].
BACKGROUND
Bronchial arteries are not anastomosed during lung transplantation. We analyzed the occurrence of pulmonary hemorrhage after transplantation.


METHODS
235 patients were included.


RESULTS
We observed pulmonary bleeding in 4/235 patients (1.7 %). All four cases were due to transplant-specific disorders (arrosion of pulmonary artery in three cases, coagulopathy in one patient).


CONCLUSIONS
The analysis shows, that usual pulmonary hemorrhage does not occur in lung transplant recipients. This underlines the role of bronchial arteries in pulmonary hemorrhage of non-LTX-patients.
Lehmkuhl
H
H
Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin. lehmkuhl@DHZB.de
Guenther
G
G
Schmidt
B
B
Knosalla
C
C
Dandel
M
M
Witt
C
C
Hetzer
R
R
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies