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Heart-lung transplantation. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Thorac Dis, 2014
Heart-lung transplantation itself is not a particularly difficult operation technically. It is the setting in which this procedure is performed which is difficult. The three issues of importance in a successful outcome are appropriate harvest of the heart-lung bloc from the donor, careful explant of the heart and lungs of the recipient, and finally the
Huddleston CB, Richey SR.
europepmc   +5 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

Extended criteria donor organ use for heart-lung transplantation in the modern era. [PDF]

open access: yesClinics (Sao Paulo), 2023
Background: Demand for donor hearts and lungs exceeds their supply. Extended Criteria Donor (ECD) organs are used to help meet this demand, but their impact on heart-lung transplantation outcomes is poorly characterized. Methods and results: : The United
Weingarten N   +7 more
europepmc   +3 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

Heart-lung transplantation

open access: bronzeInvestigative Radiology, 1989
Since the successful clinical reintroduction of heart and lung transplantation in 1981, more than 350 of these procedures have been performed worldwide. Although survival following this operation is less than that reported for heart transplantation, the results are improving. It is clear that the increased technical difficulty of the procedure combined
Pascal Vouhé, Philippe Dartevelle
openalex   +4 more sources

Lung and heart-lung transplantation [PDF]

open access: yesCardiology in the Young, 2009
I NCREASED UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENESS OF congenital cardiac disease has allowed early identification of these children. Advances in surgical techniques, anesthesia, and medical treatment have rendered the majority of forms of congenital cardiac defects treatable.
Date, Hiroshi, Sweet, Stuart C
core   +8 more sources

Normalization of Pulmonary Hypertension by the Use of Left Ventricular Assist Device in Patients with End-stage Heart Failure: A Possible Contribution to Donor Pool Expansion in Lung Transplantation [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gerontology, 2014
Heart transplantation alone has been recognized to be contraindicated when pulmonary hypertension (PH) and elevated pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) are irreversible, irrespective of any medical intervention by the use of inotropic agents or pulmonary
Hirokazu Akashi   +10 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Heart-lung transplantation: adult indications and outcomes. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Thorac Dis, 2014
Combined heart-lung transplantation remains the only definitive therapy for patients who have both end-stage heart failure and end-stage lung failure.
Toyoda Y, Toyoda Y.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Clinical Outcomes of Heart-Lung Transplantation: Review of 10 Single-Center Consecutive Patients [PDF]

open access: yesKorean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2016
Background: Heart-lung transplantation (HLT) has provided hope to patients with end-stage lung disease and irreversible heart dysfunction. We reviewed the clinical outcomes of 10 patients who underwent heart-lung transplantation at Asan Medical Center.
Jae Kwang Yun   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Thirty-sixth adult lung and heart-lung transplantation Report-2019; Focus theme: Donor and recipient size match. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Heart Lung Transplant, 2019
Chambers DC   +14 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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