Pulmonary artery stenosis shortly after lung transplantation: Successful balloon dilation and stent insertion in one case

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-55

  Najafizadeh, Katayoun ^a   Daneshvar, Abolghasem ^a   Dezfouli, Azizollah Abbasi ^a   Kashani, Babak Sharif ^a   Ahmadi, Zargham Hossein ^a   Shadmehr, Mohammad Behgam ^a   Ghasemi, Masoud ^a   Kardavani, Babak ^b   Lankarani, Maryam Moghani ^b   Shafaghi, Shadi ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Medicine and Health Promotion Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

Lung transplantation; Pulmonary artery; Pulmonary artery stenosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BALLOON DILATATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EXTRAVASCULAR FLUID; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN MASK; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS; STENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RECURRENCE; STENTS;

EID: 67549147390     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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