Total pulmonary artery occlusion immediately after lung transplantation: successful revascularization with intravascular stents.

Occlusion of the pulmonary artery anastomosis is an uncommon early complication of lung transplantation which necessitates emergency surgical revision. Percutaneous correction of such a complication has not been previously reported. We report a patient who had total pulmonary artery occlusion less than 24 hours after right single lung transplantation with successful revascularization achieved by means of percutaneously delivered endovascular stents.