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Unilateral pulmonary edema after pulmonary embolism in a bilateral lung transplant patient.

Zegdi R, Dürrleman N, Achouh P, Boussaud V, Guillemain R, Amrein C, Deloche A, Fabiani JN

Assistance-Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Paris, France. rzegdi@hotmail.com

We report a case of unilateral pulmonary edema due to the decompensation of an asymptomatic ipsilateral pulmonary venous stenosis by a contralateral pulmonary embolism. Emergency surgery included pulmonary embolectomy and refashioning of the stenotic pulmonary venous anastomosis.

Published 26 November 2007 in Ann Thorac Surg, 84(6): 2086-8.
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