Bilateral lung transplantation offers better long-term survival, compared with single-lung transplantation, for younger patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 244-249

  Force, Seth D ^a   Kilgo, Pat ^c   Neujahr, David C ^b   Pelaez, Andres ^b   Pickens, Allan ^a   Fernandez, Felix G ^a   Miller, Daniel L ^a   Lawrence, Clint ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DONOR; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650447411     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.08.055     Document Type: Article

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