• Ann. Thorac. Surg. · May 2014

    Case Reports

    Bilateral lung transplantation in a patient with Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

    • Diana García Sáez, Prashant N Mohite, Bartlomiej Zych, Anton Sabashnikov, Ajay Moza, Martin Carby, and André R Simon.
    • Department of Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Support, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: d.garciasaez@rbht.nhs.uk.
    • Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2014 May 1; 97 (5): 1804-6.

    AbstractWe describe the case of a 29-year-old woman with end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease secondary to vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Because of critical deterioration, respiratory arrest, and complete lung failure, she required urgent implantation of a venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenator as a bridge to lung transplantation. After 6 days of extracorporeal life support, a successful bilateral sequential lung transplantation was performed. This is the first case of lung transplantation in a patient with a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease secondary to Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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