Lung transplantation for patients older than 65 years: Is it a feasible option?

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 233-235

  Machuca, T N ^a,b   Camargo, S M ^a,b   Schio, S M ^a   Lobato, V ^b   Sanchez, L B ^a   Perin, F ^a,b   Felicetti, J C ^a,b   Camargo, J J ^a,b  

^a Hospital Dom Vicente Scherer   (Brazil)

^b Thoracic Surgery Service   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CADAVER DONOR; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELDERLY CARE; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79951790555     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.12.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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