Lung Transplantation for Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Pediatric Lung Transplantations: New Possibilities and Challenges in Treatment of Children With End-Stage Respiratory Failure

Marek Ochman, Dagmara Galle, Agnieszka Goryczka, Alicja Gałeczka-Turkiewicz, Fryderyk Zawadzki, Karol Chorazy, Tomasz Stacel, Maciej Urlik, Tomasz HrapkowiczMediacl University of Silesia in Katowice.  Medical University of Vienna.Poland and Austria Transplantation ProceedingsTransplant Proc 2024; DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2024.03.017 AbstractIntroduction: Lung transplantation (LTx) is the last treatment option for children with end-stage respiratory failure. According to the literature, cystic fibrosis remains […]

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Influence of cardiac diagnosis on outcomes of pediatric heart-lung transplantation

Sandeep Sainathan, John Ryan, Leonardo Mullinari, Pablo SanchezUniversity of Miami.  University of Pittsburgh. United States Clinical TransplantationClin Transplant 2024; 38:DOI: 10.1111/ctr.15318 AbstractObjective: Pediatric Heart-lung transplant (HLTX) is performed for endstage congenital heart disease (CHD) with irreversible pulmonary hypertension or non-congenital heart disease (NCHD) with end-stage heart and lung disease. CHD could influence the outcomes of HTLX due

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Predischarge death or lung transplantation in tracheostomy and ventilator dependent grade 3 bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Roy Maynard, Madeline Armstrong, Katrin O’Grady, Brooke Moore, Stephen Kurachek, George B. Mallory, William WheelerChildren’s Minnesota. Pediatric Home Service. Johns Hopkins University. Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. United States Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2024;DOI: 10.1002/ppul.26837 AbstractBackground: Premature infants surviving beyond a postmenstrual age (PMA) of 36 weeks with severe or grade 3 bronchopulmonary dysplasia (sBPD)

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Lung Transplantation for Pulmonary Vascular Disease in Children: A United Network for Organ Sharing Analysis

Hosam F. Ahmed, Amalia Guzman-Gomez, Malika Desai, Alia Dani, David L. S. Morales, Paul J. Critser, Farhan Zafar, Don Hayes JrCincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2023;DOI: 10.1007/s00246-023-03356-x AbstractPulmonary vascular disease (PVD) represents an important clinical indication for lung transplant (LTx) in infants, children, and

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Lung transplant is a viable treatment option for patients with congenital and acquired pulmonary vein stenosis

Ankit Bharat, Deidre J. Epstein, Mark Grady, Albert Faro, Peter Michelson, Stuart C. Sweet, Charles B. HuddlestonWashington University.United States Journal of Heart and Lung TransplantationJ Heart Lung Transplant 2013; 32: 621-625DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2013.03.002 AbstractBackground: Congenital pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is associated with high mortality because surgical repair is usually not feasible or is ineffective. In addition, acquired PVS

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Thirty years of surgical management of pediatric pulmonary hypertension: mid-term outcomes following reverse Potts shunt and transplantation

Estibaliz Valdeomillos, Jerome Le Pavec, Marion Audie, Laurent Savale, Xavier Jais, David Montani, Oliver Sitbon, Severine Feuillet, Olaf Mercier, Jerome Petit, Marc Humbert, Elie Fadel, Emre Belli, Sebastien HascoetCentre de Référence Malformations Cardiaques Congénitales Complexes M3C, HÔpital Marie Lannelongue, Groupe Hospitalier Paris-Saint Joseph and Université Paris Saclay. France Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac

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Right lower lung midline herniation as a rare complication in an infant with heart-lung transplantation: A case report

Dohyung Kim, Kwang Ho Choi, Hyungtae Kim, Jae Hong Lee, Younga Kim, Joung-Hee ByunPusan National University Yangsan Hospital and Pusan National University School of Medicine.Republic of Korea Pediatric TransplantationPediatr Transplant 2023; DOI: 10.1111/petr.14656 AbstractBackground: Lung herniation is a rare complication of heart-lung transplantation that can be fatal owing to vascular compromise and airway obstruction. To date, only

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A successful lung transplant from a 3-year-old donor after controlled cardiac death followed by ex vivo lung perfusion: A case report

Marcos Galasso, Rachel D. Vanderlaan, Melinda Solomon, Christopher Caldarone, Shaf Keshavjee, Marcelo Cypel, Marc de PerrotUniversity of Toronto, Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children.Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019; 158: e149-e152DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.02.131 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategorySegmental Pulmonary Venous Disease. Without a Focus on Pulmonary HypertensionLung Transplantation for Pulmonary Vascular Disease Age

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Rapidly Progressive Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in a Paediatric Patient Treated with Lung Transplantation

Filip Baszkowski, Weronika Pelczar-Płachta, Nikola Pempera, Sylwia Sławek-Szmyt, Marta Kałuzna-Oleksy, Maciej Lesiak, Waldemar BobkowskiPoznan University of Medical Sciences.Poland DiagnosticsDiagnostics 2023; DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics13203185 AbstractPulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare heterogeneous disorder in the paediatric population which is mostly associated with congenital heart disease. The management of paediatric idiopathic PAH (IPAH) is difficult due to insufficient comparative

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Technical problems in lung allotransplantation. Causes of pulmonary venous outflow obstruction

Gary H. Stevens, Decio M. Rangel, Yozo Yakeishi, Eric W. FonkalsrudUCLA School of Medicine.United States Archives of SurgeryArch Surg 1969; 99: 506-512DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1969.01340160086020 AbstractExperience in this laboratory with approximately 100 canine and primate lung allotransplantation operations over the past 18 months has made clear the fact that technical problems are the cause of a large number

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