Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2971714 | The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | 2010 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Primary graft dysfunction, acute rejection, and infection account for most of the early morbidity after lung transplantation, with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome accounting for most late morbidity. Mediastinal and pericardial complications, in the form of constriction, are not common. We present 4 patients with constrictive pericarditis after lung transplantation and recommend that constrictive pericarditis be considered in the differential diagnosis in lung transplant recipients who present with signs and symptoms of systemic and pulmonary venous congestion.
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Authors
Wojtek MD, Marcelo MD, MSc, Fengshi MD, PhD, Lorretta MD, Cecilia MD, Shaf MD, MSc, FRCSC,