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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:2161-2162
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Aortic Homograft for Pulmonary Artery Augmentation in Single Lung Transplantation

Pablo Rueda, MD, Jose Morales, MD, Enrique Guzman, MD*, Jose L. Tellez, MD, Benito A. Niebla, MD, Alejandro Avalos, MD, Hilda Patiño, MD

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico City, Mexico

Accepted for publication January 22, 2004.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Guzman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Calzada Tlalpan 4502, Mexico City 14080, Mexico (E-mail: enriqueg{at}prodigy.net.mx).

We present a case of unilateral lung transplantation in which a segment of the donor’s descending aorta was used as a homograft for pulmonary artery augmentation in the donor lung. This technique can be used when the donor’s lung artery has been cut at the base of the hilum during the harvesting procedure.






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