title: Successful lung retransplantation after extended use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge.
abstract: Redo lung transplantation remains a major clinical challenge and its indication for patients with early allograft dysfunction is difficult to determine. We report a case of potentially fatal early allograft dysfunction owing to possible acute cellular rejection after single lung transplantation in a patient who underwent redo double lung transplantation after successful use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge, which resulted in a successful outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA. shigemuran@upmc.edu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shigemura
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bermudez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bhama
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bonde
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thacker
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Toyoda
mesh_terms: D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation