title: Lung transplant, double valve repair, and pulmonary artery aneurysm resection.
abstract: Up to 66% of giant pulmonary artery aneurysms are associated with severe pulmonary hypertension. For these patients, lung or heart-lung en bloc transplantation is the only definitive therapy available. To date, there have been only two reports of concomitant double lung transplant and resection of a giant pulmonary artery aneurysm. We report a case of combined mitral and pulmonary valve repair, resection of a giant pulmonary artery aneurysm, and double lung transplant in a patient with primary pulmonary hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Heart, Lung and Esophageal Surgery Institute, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shayan
authors.forename: Basar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sareyyupoglu
authors.forename: Norihisa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shigemura
authors.forename: Jnanesh
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thacker
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bermudez
authors.forename: Yoshiya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Toyoda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D065627:Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000601:surgery; D011665:Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed