A 31-year-old man with severe right ventricular failure and pulmonary hypertension secondary to fibrosing mediastinitis was successfully treated with a combined heart-lung transplantation.
Case Report (n=1)
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Case report describing right ventricular failure in a young man presenting with progressive dyspnea.
The patient initially experienced dyspnea only on exertion, but over the 2 months before presentation it had progressed to shortness of breath at rest.
Sankar et al. (Sun,) conducted a case report in Right ventricular failure and pulmonary hypertension secondary to fibrosing mediastinitis (n=1). Combined heart-lung transplantation was evaluated. A 31-year-old man with severe right ventricular failure and pulmonary hypertension secondary to fibrosing mediastinitis was successfully treated with a combined heart-lung transplantation.