Anatomic Distortion of the Right Coronary Artery as a Complication of Lung Transplantation

Spencer J. Melby; Shane J. Larue; John M. Lasala; Nirvik Pal; Anand Lakshminarasimhachar; Elbert P. Trulock; Daniel Kreisel; Michael K. Pasque; Varun Puri; G. Alexander Patterson; Alexander S. Krupnick

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.10.070

Anatomic Distortion of the Right Coronary Artery as a Complication of Lung Transplantation

Spencer J. Melby
, Shane J. Larue
, John M. Lasala
, Nirvik Pal
, Anand Lakshminarasimhachar
, Elbert P. Trulock
, Daniel Kreisel
, Michael K. Pasque
, Varun Puri
, G. Alexander Patterson
, Alexander S. Krupnick

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Lung transplantation for end-stage chronic obstructive lung disease is now considered the standard of care. We report a case of perioperative myocardial ischemia and cardiovascular compromise in a single lung transplant recipient due to right coronary artery occlusion from mediastinal shift and repositioning of the heart.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2000-2001
Number of pages	2
Journal	Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Volume	89
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.10.070
State	Published - Jun 2010

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