Bilateral lung transplantation for pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension : perioperative management and one-year follow-up

© 2023 Jack, Carlens, Diekmann, Hasan, Chouvarine, Schwerk, Müller, Wieland, Tudorache, Warnecke, Avsar, Horke, Ius, Bobylev and Hansmann..

Background: Bilateral lung transplantation (LuTx) remains the only established treatment for children with end-stage pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Although PAH is the second most common indication for LuTx, little is known about optimal perioperative management and midterm clinical outcomes.

Methods: Prospective observational study on consecutive children with PAH who underwent LuTx with scheduled postoperative VA-ECMO support at Hannover Medical School from December 2013 to June 2020.

Results: Twelve patients with PAH underwent LuTx (mean age 11.9 years; age range 1.9-17.8). Underlying diagnoses included idiopathic (n = 4) or heritable PAH (n = 4), PAH associated with congenital heart disease (n = 2), pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (n = 1), and pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis (n = 1). The mean waiting time was 58.5 days (range 1-220d). Three patients were bridged to LuTx on VA-ECMO. Intraoperative VA-ECMO/cardiopulmonary bypass was applied and VA-ECMO was continued postoperatively in all patients (mean ECMO-duration 185 h; range 73-363 h; early extubation). The median postoperative ventilation time was 28 h (range 17-145 h). Echocardiographic conventional and strain analysis showed that 12 months after LuTx, all patients had normal biventricular systolic function. All PAH patients are alive 2 years after LuTx (median follow-up 53 months, range 26-104 months).

Conclusion: LuTx in children with end-stage PAH resulted in excellent midterm outcomes (100% survival 2 years post-LuTx). Postoperative VA-ECMO facilitates early extubation with rapid gain of allograft function and sustained biventricular reverse-remodeling and systolic function after RV pressure unloading and LV volume loading.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine - 10(2023) vom: 05., Seite 1193326

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jack, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Carlens, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Diekmann, Franziska [VerfasserIn]
Hasan, Hosan [VerfasserIn]
Chouvarine, Philippe [VerfasserIn]
Schwerk, Nicolaus [VerfasserIn]
Müller, Carsten [VerfasserIn]
Wieland, Ivonne [VerfasserIn]
Tudorache, Igor [VerfasserIn]
Warnecke, Gregor [VerfasserIn]
Avsar, Murat [VerfasserIn]
Horke, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Ius, Fabio [VerfasserIn]
Bobylev, Dmitry [VerfasserIn]
Hansmann, Georg [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Awake ECMO
Children
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
Journal Article
Lung transplantation
Pediatric
Pulmonary arterial hypertension

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Date Revised 18.07.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fcvm.2023.1193326

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NLM359424856