Stamatis G, Zerkowski H R, Doetsch N, Greschuchna D, Konietzko N, Reidemeister J C
Center for Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery, Ruhrlandklinik, Essen, Germany.
Ann Thorac Surg. 1993 Oct;56(4):972-5. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(93)90370-w.
Lung transplantation has been successfully used in the treatment of patients with end-stage pulmonary disease and adequate cardiac function. We report about a 32-year-old man with pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis who underwent sequential bilateral lung transplantation. Preoperative hemodynamic studies revealed severe pulmonary hypertension; the right ventricular ejection fraction was 0.27. Eighteen months postoperatively, he continues to do well with normalized pulmonary and cardiac function and without clinical or histopathologic signs of graft rejection.
