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J. Heart Lung Transplant. · Sep 2009
Case ReportsTreprostinil to reverse pulmonary hypertension associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis as a bridge to single-lung transplantation.
- Rajeev Saggar, Shelley S Shapiro, David J Ross, Michael C Fishbein, David A Zisman, Joseph P Lynch, Sam S Weigt, Abbas Ardehali, John A Belperio, and Rajan Saggar.
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1690, USA. rasaggar@mednet.ucla.edu
- J. Heart Lung Transplant. 2009 Sep 1;28(9):964-7.
AbstractThe available therapies and prognosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis remain relatively poor, and concurrent pulmonary hypertension further increases the risk of death and complications after lung transplantation. Limited data exist for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. We describe a case where intravenous treprostinil was used to bridge an elderly patient with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with severe pulmonary hypertension to successful single-lung transplantation.
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