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.
Department of Cancer and Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
Keiju
K
Aokage
Hiroshi
H
Date
Megumi
M
Okazaki
Yoshifumi
Y
Sano
Takahiro
T
Oto
Kengo
K
Kusano
Keiji
K
Goto
Shunji
S
Sano
Shinichiro
S
Miyoshi
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