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Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis Treated Successfully by Thrombectomy After Bilateral Sequential Lung Transplantation: Report of a Case

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We report the case of a 35-year-old man in whom an acute pulmonary vein thrombosis developed following bilateral sequential lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis. The thrombus was detected by transesophageal echocardiography 12 h after transplantation and an emergency thrombectomy was successfully performed.

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  1.  Department of Cancer and Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan, , , , , , JP

    Itaru Nagahiro

  2.  Lung Transplant Unit, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia, , , , , , AU

    Matthew Horton, Michael Wilson, Jayme Bennetts, Philip Spratt & Allan R. Glanville

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  1. Itaru Nagahiro
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Received: March 29, 2002 / Accepted: September 3, 2002

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Nagahiro, I., Horton, M., Wilson, M. et al. Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis Treated Successfully by Thrombectomy After Bilateral Sequential Lung Transplantation: Report of a Case. Surg Today 33, 282–284 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s005950300062

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