| Literature DB >> 21479821 |
Jamie E Laubisch1, Diana M Green, Peter J Mogayzel, W Reid Thompson.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21479821 DOI: 10.1007/s00246-011-9989-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Cardiol ISSN: 0172-0643 Impact factor: 1.655