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The experiences of adult heart, lung, and heart-lung transplantation recipients: A systematic review of qualitative research evidence. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One, 2020
Aim To review evidence about the experience of being the recipient of a donated heart, lungs, or heart and lungs. Design A systematic review (registered with PROSPERO: CRD42017067218), in accordance with PRISMA guidelines.
Stubber C, Kirkman M.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Heart-lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension and giant pulmonary artery aneurysm – case report [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2020
Backgound Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) is a rare condition that requires lung transplantation in patients’ refractory to medical therapy.
T. Eadington   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Heart-lung transplantation: current indications, prognosis and specific considerations. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Thorac Dis, 2018
Heart-lung transplantation (HLTx) is currently the best treatment for patients who have end-stage heart and lung failure. Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) was the main indication for HLTx in the 1980s.
Le Pavec J, Hascoët S, Fadel E.
europepmc   +2 more sources

The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation/Heart Failure Society of America Guideline on Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support [PDF]

open access: bronzeThe Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 2023
A. Bernhardt   +57 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Survival Rate in Lung, Liver, Heart and Pancreas Transplant Recipients in Iran: A Registry-Based Study

open access: greenInternational Journal of Organ Transplantation Medicine, 2013
Background: The main purpose of organ transplantation is to prolong and maintain a quality life for patients with organ dysfunction. Objective: We tried to evaluate short-term survival rates in lung, liver, heart and pancreas recipients.
Fatemeh Ghaemi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evolution of the Surgical Management of Lung Cancer Invading the Spine: A Single Center Experience

open access: yesCurrent Oncology, 2022
For patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer invading the spine, induction chemoradiotherapy combined with radical en bloc resection is the key to obtaining long-term survival.
Gabrielle Drevet   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

High-affinity CD16 integration into a CRISPR/Cas9-edited CD38 locus augments CD38-directed antitumor activity of primary human natural killer cells

open access: yesJournal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, 2022
Background Adoptive transfer of natural killer (NK) cells with augmented antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) capabilities and resistance to CD38 targeting has the potential to enhance the clinical anti-myeloma activity of daratumumab (DARA ...
Long Chen   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lung Transplantation for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Optimized Referral and Listing Based on an Evolving Disease Concept

open access: yesJournal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 2023
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) was once a devastating and fatal disease entity, the outlook of which has been significantly improved by the continued progress of medical treatment algorithms.
Xiaokun Hu   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cardiac Imaging in Patients After Fontan Palliation: Which Test and When?

open access: yesFrontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
The Fontan operation represents the final stage of a series of palliative surgical procedures for children born with complex congenital heart disease, where a “usual” biventricular physiology cannot be restored.
Paolo Ciliberti   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

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