title: Acute Lung Injury After Bilateral Lung Transplantation Due to Contralateral Pulmonary Arterial Anastomotic Obstruction.
abstract: Acute lung injury after lung transplantation is usually due to reperfusion injury and can severely affect outcome. Unilateral lung injury is usually due to obstruction of the pulmonary venous/left atrial anastomosis. We present the successful treatment of a patient with unilateral acute lung injury unusually caused by contralateral pulmonary artery anastomotic obstruction. The detection and management of this clinical situation is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and Transplantation, Sir HN Reliance Hospital, Raja Ram Mohan Roy Marg, Mumbai, India. Electronic address: chaudhri@mac.com.
authors.forename: Babar B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Chaudhri
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Thasee
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pillay
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Krys
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tocewicz
mesh_terms: D055371:Acute Lung Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*