Endovascular Management of Early Lung Transplant-Related XXXX .

@entity1 @entity295 @entity55 @entity177 @entity849 @entity1576 @entity850
PURPOSE: To report the safety and short-term efficacy of endovascular interventions for symptomatic lung transplant-related anastomotic @entity849 ( @entity849 ). MATERIALS AND METHODS: From February 2008 to December 2011, 354 lung transplants were performed. Pulmonary arteriography was performed in 19 @entity1 (63% @entity1 ; age, 57 y    21, mean    SD; seven double-lung transplants) because of @entity1576 (mean 6.7 mo after transplant). Seven arteriograms were normal, and 12 showed significant @entity849 . One @entity1 (5%) underwent angioplasty alone, and 11 @entity1 (57%) underwent stent placement. RESULTS: All @entity1 underwent general anesthesia, and femoral access was used for the intervention. Technical success was 100% in the 12 @entity1 treated. Symptoms improved in all @entity1 who underwent intervention, with resolution in 11 of 12 (92%). There were no major or minor complications. Three @entity1 (16%) had recurrent symptoms after discharge secondary to chronic rejection or @entity55 . Two @entity1 died as a result of @entity295 and @entity177 at 2 days and 14 days, respectively, after undergoing only pulmonary arteriography. In-stent @entity850 occurred in 1 (9%) @entity1 who required additional stent placement. During a mean follow-up period of 11 months, the remaining stents were patent, and the @entity1 were asymptomatic. CONCLUSIONS: Endovascular stent placement provides an alternative to open repair for transplant-related anastomotic @entity849 . It has low mortality and morbidity rates, and it has shown excellent short-term functional and anatomic outcomes.
