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Medium term results following heart transplantation for end stage heart failure: A single center experience of 257 patients

open access: yesIndian Heart Journal, 2020
Objective: End stage heart failure is a lethal disease with a dismal 5 year survival. Heart transplantation has proven to be a highly effective modality of treatment in appropriately selected group of such patients.
K.R. Balakrishnan   +9 more
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Pneumonectomy for Unilateral Proximal Interruption of Pulmonary Artery: A Case Series from the Literature

open access: yesLife, 2023
Background: Unilateral proximal interruption of the pulmonary artery (UPIPA) is a rare congenital disease, and its optimal management remains undefined in the existing literature.
Giovanni Mattioni   +5 more
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Lung transplantation [PDF]

open access: yesBreathe, 2018
I was born in 1959 in Lisbon. My early years were marked by a typical family life, and we travelled a lot because of my father's work. I completed my schooling until the 12th grade and then started to work. In 1981, I completed mandatory military service at the marines' school.
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Preoperative risk factors of lymph node metastasis in clinical N0 lung adenocarcinoma of 3 cm or less in diameter

open access: yesBMC Surgery, 2022
Background Lung adenocarcinoma is the most common subtype of non-small cell lung cancer. The surgical strategy of lymph node dissection is controversial because many more patients are diagnosed at an early stage in clinical practice.
Cheng Fang, Yangwei Xiang, Weili Han
doaj   +1 more source

Prednisolone as preservation additive prevents from ischemia reperfusion injury in a rat model of orthotopic lung transplantation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The lung is, more than other solid organs, susceptible for ischemia reperfusion injury after orthotopic transplantation. Corticosteroids are known to potently suppress pro-inflammatory processes when given in the post-operative setting or during ...
Haitham Mutlak   +39 more
core   +2 more sources

Lung transplantation [PDF]

open access: yesEinstein (São Paulo), 2015
ABSTRACT Lung transplantation is a globally accepted treatment for some advanced lung diseases, giving the recipients longer survival and better quality of life. Since the first transplant successfully performed in 1983, more than 40 thousand transplants have been performed worldwide. Of these, about seven hundred were in Brazil.
Afonso Júnior, José Eduardo   +7 more
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ISHLT consensus document on lung transplantation in patients with connective tissue disease: Part I: Epidemiology, assessment of extrapulmonary conditions, candidate evaluation, selection criteria, and pathology statements

open access: yes, 2021
Patients with connective tissue disease (CTD) and advanced lung disease are often considered suboptimal candidates for lung transplantation (LTx) due to their underlying medical complexity and potential surgical risk.
Snyder, Laurie D.   +61 more
core   +1 more source

Tacrolimus and cyclosporine have differential effects on the risk of development of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome: results of a prospective, randomized international trial in lung transplantation.

open access: yes, 2012
Chronic lung allograft dysfunction, which manifests as bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), is recognized as the primary cause of morbidity and mortality after lung transplantation.
Klepetko, Walter   +21 more
core   +1 more source

ISHLT consensus document on lung transplantation in patients with connective tissue disease: Part III: Pharmacology, medical and surgical management of post-transplant extrapulmonary conditions statements

open access: yes, 2021
Patients with connective tissues disease (CTD) are often on immunomodulatory agents before lung transplantation (LTx). Till now, there's no consensus on the safety of using these agents perioperative and post-transplant.
Domsic, R. T.   +77 more
core   +1 more source

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

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   +1 more source

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