A stent for branch pulmonary artery stenosis after double-lung transplantation in a patient with COVID-19: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to be a pandemic worldwide. Lung transplantation is the last option to increase life expectancy of end-stage COVID-19 patients. Branch pulmonary artery stenosis (PAS) is a rare complication after lung transplantation with an extremely poor prognosis. The current trend in the management of branch PAS is percutaneous balloon angioplasty and/or stent implantation, rather than high-risk reoperation with a lower success rate.

Case summary

The subject was a 54-year-old male with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection who underwent a double-lung transplantation. He suffered hypoxaemia and right heart dysfunction following the operation. Right cardiac catheterization and pulmonary angiography examination rev

SUBMITTER: Zheng Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8542464 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature