Acquired Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction After Lung Transplantation: Diagnosis by Transesophageal Echocardiography

John Gorcsan, S. C.B. Reddy, John M. Armitage, Bartley P. Griffith

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Abstract

Acute reduction in pulmonary pressures after lung transplantation for severe chronic pulmonary hypertension may produce a sudden decrease in cavity size of a hypertrophied right ventricle resulting in acquired right ventricular outflow tract obstruction. This case illustrates the utility of transesophageal echocardiography with continuous-wave Doppler to make a morphologic as well as hemodynamic diagnosis of acquired right ventricular outflow tract obstruction in a patient after lung transplantation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)324-326
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume6
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1993
Externally publishedYes

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