Isolated pulmonary rejection after combined heart-lung transplantation

Severe pulmonary rejection without cardiac rejection in a patient after combined heart-lung transplantation is presented with the clinical and pathological findings. Acute lung rejection after heart-lung transplantation cannot be excluded by normal cardiac biopsy results.

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Published inThe Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 90; no. 4; pp. 623 - 626
Main Authors McGregor, CG, Baldwin, JC, Jamieson, SW, Billingham, ME, Yousem, SA, Burke, CM, Oyer, PE, Stinson, EB, Shumway, NE
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia, PA AATS/WTSA 01.10.1985
Elsevier
Subjects
Adult
Antilymphocyte Serum - therapeutic use
Aortopulmonary Septal Defect - surgery
Biological and medical sciences
Biopsy
Eisenmenger Complex - surgery
Graft Rejection
Heart Defects, Congenital - surgery
Heart Transplantation
Heart-Lung Transplantation
Humans
Lung - immunology
Lung - pathology
Lung Transplantation
Male
Medical sciences
Methylprednisolone - therapeutic use
Postoperative Complications - drug therapy
Radiography, Thoracic
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the heart
T-Lymphocytes - immunology
Transplantation Immunology
Heart
Human
Rejection
Pathology
Respiratory disease
Biopsy
Surgery
Lung
Complication
Homotransplantation
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Summary:Severe pulmonary rejection without cardiac rejection in a patient after combined heart-lung transplantation is presented with the clinical and pathological findings. Acute lung rejection after heart-lung transplantation cannot be excluded by normal cardiac biopsy results.
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ISSN:0022-5223
1097-685X
DOI:10.1016/S0022-5223(19)38578-2