Sequential bilateral lung transplantation for pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis

Lung transplantation has been successfully used in the treatment of patients with end-stage pulmonary disease and adequate cardiac function. We report about a 32year-old man with pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis who underwent sequential bilateral lung transplantation. Preoperative hemodynamic studi...

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Published in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 56; no. 4; pp. 972 - 975
Main Authors:	Stamatis, George, Zerkowski, Hans-reinhard, Doetsch, Norbert, Greschuchna, Dieter, Konietzko, Nikolaus, Reidemeister, Jürgen Christoph
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01-10-1993
Subjects:	Adult Calcinosis - diagnosis Calcinosis - surgery Hemodynamics Humans Lung Diseases - diagnosis Lung Diseases - surgery Lung Transplantation - adverse effects Lung Transplantation - methods Male Pulmonary Alveoli - pathology
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Summary:	Lung transplantation has been successfully used in the treatment of patients with end-stage pulmonary disease and adequate cardiac function. We report about a 32year-old man with pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis who underwent sequential bilateral lung transplantation. Preoperative hemodynamic studies revealed severe pulmonary hypertension; the right ventricular ejection fraction was 0.27. Eighteen months postoperatively, he continues to do well with normalized pulmonary and cardiac function and without clinical or histopathologic signs of graft rejection.
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ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/0003-4975(93)90370-W