TY - JOUR T1 - Successful stenting of anastomotic stenosis of the left pulmonary artery after single lung transplantation JF - European Respiratory Review JO - EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY REVIEW SP - 059 LP - 062 DO - 10.1183/09059180.00009610 VL - 20 IS - 119 AU - S.K. Banerjee AU - K. Santhanakrishnan AU - L. Shapiro AU - J. Dunning AU - S. Tsui AU - J. Parmar Y1 - 2011/03/01 UR - http://err.ersjournals.com/content/20/119/059.abstract N2 - To the Editors:Lung transplantation is an established therapy for a variety of end-stage lung diseases. Successful transplantation improves prognosis and quality of life in most recipients. In the current setting where lung donors are scarce, single-lung transplantation allows for more extensive utilisation of the limited donor organ pool [1]. Although forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) recovery is lower and the risk of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome is higher, single lung transplant recipients still have comparable exercise tolerance and quality-of-life scores when compared to bilateral lung transplant recipients [2].Fortunately, vascular anastomotic stenoses are an uncommon event following lung transplantation. There are two types of vascular complications: either pulmonary arterial stenosis or pulmonary venous stenosis. The structures affected determine the clinical manifestations: arterial obstruction leads to pulmonary ischaemia and infarction, and venous obstruction leads to pulmonary oedema. The diagnosis should be considered in the presence of unexplained exertional hypoxaemia and persistent pulmonary hypertension. The diagnosis can be confirmed with computed tomography pulmonary angiogram (CTPA) and pulmonary angiography. As the complication is rare there are no clear treatment algorithms. In the very early phase (1 week), surgical treatment of the stenosis is the preferred option but may still carry a poor prognosis. However, later the options are broader … ER -