Pulmonary vein thrombosis treated successfully by thrombectomy after bilateral sequential lung transplantation: report of a case

Surg Today. 2003;33(4):282-4. doi: 10.1007/s005950300062.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Veins*
  • Thrombectomy*
  • Venous Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Venous Thrombosis / surgery*