Case Report: Esophagectomy and Azygos Continuation of the Inferior Vena Cava: A Lethal Combination
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022 Azygos continuation of the inferior vena cava (IVC) is rare in the general population and even rarer among patients with esophageal carcinoma. In 90% of cases, this congenital IVC variant is isolated and does not affect the patient’s growth or ...
Yan Zhang +5 more
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Non-infectious pulmonary complications of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation [PDF]
, 2014 Noninfectious pulmonary complications of hematopoietic stem cell transplant are currently more prevalent than infectious complications. Unfortunately, the pathophysiology basis is not completely understood.
Baloglu, Orkun +2 more
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Lung transplantation after allogeneic stem cell transplantation : a pan-European experience [PDF]
, 2018 Late-onset noninfectious pulmonary complications (LONIPCs) affect 6% of allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) recipients within 5 years, conferring subsequent 5-year survival of 50%.
Aubert, John +24 more
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The Need for Psychological Rehabilitation in Lung Transplant Recipients [PDF]
, 2020 Transplant recipients have significant psychosocial stressors due to unique posttransplant sequela that results in an increased incidence of psychopathology.
Chernyak, Yelena, Patel, Anahli
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F1000Prime Reports, 2013 Lung transplantation may be the only intervention that can prolong survival and improve quality of life for those individuals with advanced lung disease who are acceptable candidates for the procedure. However, these candidates may be extremely ill and require ventilator and/or circulatory support as a bridge to transplantation, and lung ...
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A prospective randomized trial of fk506 versus cyclosporine after human pulmonary transplantation [PDF]
, 1994 We have conducted a unique prospective randomized study to compare the effect of PK506 and cyclosporine (CsA) as the principal immunosuppressive agents after pulmonary transplantation.
Armitage, JM +11 more
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Postoperative surgical complications after lung transplantation
Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia (English Edition), 2015 This is a review article on the main postoperative complications after lung transplantation: airways complications, vascular complications, pleural complications, surgical wound complications, and abdominal complications.Incidence data, severity, and ...
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The XIIIth Banff Conference on Allograft Pathology: The Banff 2015 Heart Meeting Report: Improving Antibody-Mediated Rejection Diagnostics: Strengths, Unmet Needs, and Future Directions. [PDF]
, 2017 The 13th Banff Conference on Allograft Pathology was held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from October 5 to 10, 2015. The cardiac session was devoted to current diagnostic issues in heart transplantation with a focus on antibody-mediated rejection
Angelini, A +18 more
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Factors influencing transfusion-associated HLA sensitization in patients bridged to heart transplantation using ventricular assist device. [PDF]
, 2020 BackgroundBridging heart failure patients with mechanical ventricular assist devices (VAD) enables access to transplantation. However, VAD is associated with increased risk for anti-HLA antibodies associated with rejection of subsequent allografts ...
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Biomolecular Concepts, 2021 Nowadays, mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) kinase domain are studied in targeted therapy of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors including gefitinib and erlotinib.
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