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- Title
Lung and heart-lung transplantation.
- Authors
Date, Hiroshi; Sweet, Stuart C.
- Abstract
The article offers information concerning lung and heart-lung transplantation which remain as the therapeutic options when there is a failure on medical therapy. It notes that it commonly performed to patient with congenital cardiac anomalies. It suggests that long-term infusion of epoprostenol improves hemodynamics and quality of life to patient with pulmonary hypertension associated with congenital cardiac defects.
- Subjects
LUNG transplantation; HEART transplantation; CARDIAC surgery; TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc.; PULMONARY hypertension; CONGENITAL heart disease
- Publication
Cardiology in the Young, 2009, Vol 19, Issue S1, p45
- ISSN
1047-9511
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1047951109003953