Case Report
A Challenging Case of Genetically and Histologically Diagnosed Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease with Extracorporeal Life Support and Redo Lung Transplantation
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Transthoracic echocardiography revealed severe dilatation and systolic dysfunction of the right ventricle while normal left ventricle and moderate pericardial effusion (a). There was severe TR with an estimated PASP >80 mmHg and TRV 4.01 m/s (b). The right atrium was severely dilated with a small atrial septal defect (c). TEE revealed a positive agitated saline test confirming interatrial shunting (d).
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