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Combined heart and single-lung transplantation in complex congenital heart disease ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY Fann, J. I., Wilson, M. K., Theodore, J., Reitz, B. A. 1998; 65 (3): 823-825

Abstract

We present a patient with a history of tricuspid and pulmonary atresia who underwent a classic Glenn shunt and a Potts shunt during childhood, resulting in different right and left pulmonary physiology. Because of progression of cardiopulmonary disease and the fact that the right lung was "protected," the patient underwent combined heart-left single-lung transplantation. The postoperative course was uneventful. Potential early and late advantages of this approach include simplifying of the operative procedure and mitigating the potential effects of obliterative bronchiolitis.

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