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Treatment of plastic bronchitis by orthotopic heart transplantation.

Abstract
This case illustrates the successful use of orthotopic heart transplantation for the treatment of plastic bronchitis in a 6-year-old boy with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, which developed 2 years after Fontan procedure. Transplantation was undertaken after he failed medical management of airway obstruction. He is currently 1-year post-cardiac transplantation and has no evidence of plastic bronchitis despite weaning of an aggressive airway clearance regimen.
AuthorsJamie E Laubisch, Diana M Green, Peter J Mogayzel, W Reid Thompson
JournalPediatric cardiology (Pediatr Cardiol) Vol. 32 Issue 8 Pg. 1193-5 (Dec 2011) ISSN: 1432-1971 [Electronic] United States
PMID21479821 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Fibrin
Topics
  • Airway Obstruction (drug therapy, pathology, surgery)
  • Bronchitis (pathology, surgery)
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures (adverse effects, methods)
  • Child
  • Fibrin (metabolism)
  • Heart Transplantation
  • Humans
  • Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (surgery)
  • Male

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