Acute left ventricular failure after bilateral lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension

作者：Verbelen Tom^*; Van Cromphaut Sophie; Rega Filip; Meyns Bart

来源：The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2013, 145(1): E7-E9.

DOI：10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.10.020

We report a case of unexpected severe left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in a patient undergoing a bilateral lung transplant (BLTx). We attribute his complicated postoperative course to diastolic dysfunction in a chronically deprived LV in combination with an increased pre-load, caused by normalization of the pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), and an increased afterload during weaning.

• 出版日期2013-1