The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 578-581, May 2010

Constrictive pericarditis after lung transplantation: An under-recognized complication

Toronto Lung Transplant Program, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

published online 08 March 2010.

Primary graft dysfunction, acute rejection, and infection account for most of the early morbidity after lung transplantation, with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome accounting for most late morbidity. Mediastinal and pericardial complications, in the form of constriction, are not common. We present 4 patients with constrictive pericarditis after lung transplantation and recommend that constrictive pericarditis be considered in the differential diagnosis in lung transplant recipients who present with signs and symptoms of systemic and pulmonary venous congestion.

Keywords: lung transplantation, constrictive pericarditis, complication, pericarditis, case report

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PII: S1053-2498(09)01513-7

doi:10.1016/j.healun.2009.11.606

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 578-581, May 2010