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Bilateral Lung Transplantation in a Patient With Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
source: Annals of Thoracic Surgery
year: 2014
authors: García Sáez D, Mohite PN, Zych B, Sabashnikov A, Moza A, Carby M, Simon AR
summary/abstract:We describe the case of a 29-year-old woman with end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease secondary to vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Because of critical deterioration, respiratory arrest, and complete lung failure, she required urgent implantation of a venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenator as a bridge to lung transplantation. After 6 days of extracorporeal life support, a successful bilateral sequential lung transplantation was performed. This is the first case of lung transplantation in a patient with a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease secondary to Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
organization: Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS TrustDOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.07.132
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