Short-term intravenous iloprost for treatment of reperfusion lung oedema after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy

Hsao-Hsun Hsu; Jin-Shing Chen; Yih-Sharng Chen; Wen-Je Ko; Shuenn-Wen Kuo; Yung-Chie Lee

doi:10.1136/thx.2005.051722

Short-term intravenous iloprost for treatment of reperfusion lung oedema after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy

Thorax. 2007 May;62(5):459-61. doi: 10.1136/thx.2005.051722.

Authors

Hsao-Hsun Hsu¹, Jin-Shing Chen, Yih-Sharng Chen, Wen-Je Ko, Shuenn-Wen Kuo, Yung-Chie Lee

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.

Abstract

This case report describes the treatment of reperfusion lung oedema after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy using intravenous iloprost infusion in a 52-year-old woman diagnosed with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Endarterectomy / methods*
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology*
Iloprost / administration & dosage*
Infusions, Intravenous
Middle Aged
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / administration & dosage*
Postoperative Complications / drug therapy*
Postoperative Complications / etiology
Pulmonary Edema / drug therapy*
Pulmonary Edema / etiology
Pulmonary Embolism / surgery
Reperfusion Injury / complications

Substances

Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
Iloprost