Selection of candidates for lung transplantation

Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-27

  Kreider, Maryl ^a   Kotloff, Robert M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraindications; Lung diseases; Lung transplantation; Patient selection; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LIVER INJURY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; NEOPLASM; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 58549104351     PISSN: 15463222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/pats.200808-097GO     Document Type: Review

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