Acute Lung Injury After Bilateral Lung Transplantation Due to Contralateral Pulmonary Arterial Anastomotic Obstruction

Babar B Chaudhri; Thasee Pillay; Krys Tocewicz

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.06.120

Acute Lung Injury After Bilateral Lung Transplantation Due to Contralateral Pulmonary Arterial Anastomotic Obstruction

Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Aug;100(2):e25-6. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.06.120.

Authors

Babar B Chaudhri¹, Thasee Pillay², Krys Tocewicz²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and Transplantation, Sir HN Reliance Hospital, Raja Ram Mohan Roy Marg, Mumbai, India. Electronic address: chaudhri@mac.com.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, United Kingdom.

PMID: 26234875
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.06.120

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Lung Injury / etiology*
Adult
Anastomosis, Surgical / adverse effects
Arterial Occlusive Diseases / complications*
Arterial Occlusive Diseases / etiology
Female
Humans
Lung Transplantation*
Postoperative Complications / etiology*
Pulmonary Artery / surgery*