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Lung Transplant After a Heart Transplant: A Case Report.

A heart-lung transplant is considered in patients with end-stage heart and lung disease. However, there is no report of a patient receiving a staged heart transplant followed by a lung transplant. Our case report describes a successful left single lung transplant for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis 6 years after a heart transplant. This case illustrates that this approach can avoid significantly increased wait time until transplant, and it shows that early interstitial lung disease may not be a contraindication for the heart transplant.

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