(II-1A.1) 51-year old woman with idiopatic pulmonary arterial hypertension, atrial flutter and thrombus in right atrium Barbara Widlińska, Marcin Waligóra, Anna Tyrka, Monika Komar, Agnieszka Sarnecka, Mateusz Brózda, Paweł Prochownik, Urszula Gancarczyk, Natasza Herman, Piotr Podolec
EXPERTISE 1 “Development of the European Network in Orphan Cardiovascular Diseases” “Rozszerzenie Europejskiej Sieci Współpracy ds. Sierocych Chorób Kardiologicznych”
(II-1A.1) Idiopathic pulmonary artery hypertension
BRIEF COMMENTS EXPERT: Prof. Henryk Siniawski MD, PhD, cardiac surgeon Affiliation: Deutsches Herzzentrum, Berlin, Germany COMMENT What was the initial function of the heart – in case of iPAH usually only lungs transplantation is performed, RV function often normalizes after lung-transplantation. Perhaps solitary lung transplantation would safe patient’s coronary arteries. EXPERT: Prof. Egle Ereminiene MD, PhD Affiliation: Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas COMMENT Poor RV function was the main reason of complex lungs and heart transplantation. …