CORONARY-ARTERY BYPASS AFTER SINGLE-LUNG TRANSPLANT - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
SALERNO CT HARRISON B HERTZ M SHUMWAY S
Citation
Ct. Salerno et al., CORONARY-ARTERY BYPASS AFTER SINGLE-LUNG TRANSPLANT - A CASE-REPORT, Clinical transplantation, 11(5), 1997, pp. 463-465
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Transplantation
Journal title
Clinical transplantation → ACNP
ISSN journal
09020063
Volume
11
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Part
1
Pages
463 - 465
Database
ISI
SICI code
0902-0063(1997)11:5<463:CBAST->2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the most common indica tion for adult single lung transplantation. These patients com monly h ave one or more risk factors for coronary artery disease. Traditionall y previous lung transplantation has been considered a contraindication to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). This report describes a ca se of CABG 3 yr after single lung transplantation and briefly discusse s the risks of cardiac surgery in lung transplant patients.