title: Single Lung Retransplantation for Graft Infarction due to Herniation of Heart.
abstract: A young woman with terminal respiratory failure due to idiopathic pulmonary hypertension underwent bilateral lung transplantation. The postoperative course was complicated by herniation of the heart through over the cut pericardial edge on left side leading to left-sided graft infarction requiring pneumonectomy. Unable to wean off mechanical ventilation, patient required lobar transplantation on the left side.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Prashant N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Mohite
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Anton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sabashnikov
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Praveen
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Bartlomiej
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zych
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simon
keywords: lobar lung transplantation; lung transplantation; primary graft infarction