Survival benefit of lung transplantation in individuals with severe α 1-anti-trypsin deficiency (PiZZ) and emphysema

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1342-1347

  Tanash, Hanan A ^a   Riise, Gerdt C ^b   Hansson, Lennart ^a   Nilsson, Peter M ^a   Piitulainen, Eeva ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

1 anti trypsin deficiency; causes of death; COPD; emphysema; lung transplantation; mortality; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SURVIVAL TIME; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80655147089     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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