The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 466-468 , April 2008

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as a Bridge to Emergency Heart-Lung Transplantation in a Patient With Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

  • Igor D. Gregoric, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation and Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Igor D. Gregoric, MD, PO Box 20345, MC 2-114A, Houston, TX 77225-0345. Telephone: 832-355-3000. Fax: 832-355-6798.
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  • Divay Chandra, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
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  • Timothy J. Myers, BS

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation and Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas
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  • Scott A. Scheinin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation and Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas
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  • Pranav Loyalka, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation and Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas
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  • Biswajit Kar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

Received 22 May 2007 ,Revised 9 January 2008 ,Accepted 12 January 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.01.016

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 466-468 , April 2008

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