title: [Pulmonary bleeding after lung transplantation].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin. lehmkuhl@DHZB.de
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lehmkuhl
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guenther
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Knosalla
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dandel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Witt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hetzer
mesh_terms: 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