Commentary: Is there more than one way to skin a pulmonary artery aneurysm?

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Jun;159(6):2553-2554. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.09.033. Epub 2019 Sep 23.

Abstract

Pulmonary artery (PA) aneurysm, a rare complication of PA hypertension, poses a technical challenge at lung transplantation. The authors describe an elegant solution performed successfully 7 times among 128 PH patients undergoing LTX.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary*
  • Lung Transplantation*
  • Pulmonary Artery
  • Pulmonary Circulation