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Fast track recovery following en bloc heart-lung-liver transplantation in a patient with cystic fibrosis complicated by severe portal hypertension.

Konstantinov IE, McNeil K, Yeung S, Fawcett J, Mullany D, Dunning J

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Prince Charles Hospital, Rode Road, Chermside, Brisbane, QLD 4032, Australia. igorkonst@hotmail.com

A 36-year-old man with cystic fibrosis and severe portal hypertension underwent en bloc heart-double lung-liver transplantation. An early extubation with an aggressive physiotherapy made an early ambulation feasible and contributed to an early discharge from the hospital.

Published 14 March 2008 in Heart Lung Circ, 17(2): 154-6.
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