title: Severe airway obstruction from a bronchial cast after cardiac transplantation.
abstract: Plastic bronchitis is a rare and difficult to treat disease process in patients with congenital heart disease. Cardiac transplantation has been used increasingly to reverse this process, especially in single ventricle physiology. This case report demonstrates a foreseeable complication after cardiac transplantation in such a patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology,Indiana University School of Medicine,Indianapolis,United States of America.
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Parent
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology,Indiana University School of Medicine,Indianapolis,United States of America.
authors.forename: Robert K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Darragh
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000209:etiology; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002648:Child; D018729:Fontan Procedure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index