Living-donor lobar lung transplantation and closure of atrial septal defect for adult Eisenmenger's syndrome.
A 38-year-old woman with Eisenmenger's syndrome underwent bilateral living-donor lobar lung transplantation and simultaneous closure of atrial septal defect. The grafts were a right lower lobe from her husband and a left lower lobe from her brother. Although only 2 lobes were implanted, the dramatic improvement in pulmonary hemodynamics has been well maintained for more than 5 years. Living-donor lobar lung transplantation and simultaneous cardiac repair may be one of the therapeutic options for patients with adult Eisenmenger's syndrome with simple congenital heart disease.
Aokage
Keiju
K
Department of Cancer and Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
Date
Hiroshi
H
Okazaki
Megumi
M
Sano
Yoshifumi
Y
Oto
Takahiro
T
Kusano
Kengo
K
Goto
Keiji
K
Sano
Shunji
S
Miyoshi
Shinichiro
S
D000328:Adult; D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures; D004541:Eisenmenger Complex / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019520:Living Donors; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D011379:Prognosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome