title: Successful angioplasty and stent treatment of pulmonary vein stenosis after single-lung transplantation.
abstract: In this report we describe a 42-year-old man with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with a progressive course who underwent right single-lung transplantation in November 2007. The post-operative course showed a decline of gas exchange, and chest X-ray revealed pneumonic infiltrates. Computerized tomography (CT) scans showed high-grade stenosis of the right superior pulmonary vein. The pulmonary vein stenosis was treated with percutaneous transseptal stent implantation leading to rapid improvement of gas exchange and clinical condition, and a retransplantation could be avoided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Gregor S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reithmann
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.forename: Rudolph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hatz
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brenner
authors.forename: Alois
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uberfuhr
authors.forename: Lorenz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Frey
authors.forename: Konstandin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nikolaou
authors.forename: Juergen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Behr
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017130:Angioplasty / Q000379:methods; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011668:Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome