Lung transplantation for patients with high lung allocation score: Single-center experience

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1592-1597

  Horai, Tetsuya ^a   Shigemura, Norihisa ^a   Gries, Cynthia ^a   Pilewski, Joseph ^a   Bhama, Jay K ^a   Bermudez, Christian A ^a   Zaldonis, Diana ^a   Toyoda, Yoshiya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiopulmonary bypass; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COPD; CPB; ECMO; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; ICU; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; intensive care unit; IPF; LAS; LTx; lung allocation score; lung transplant; PA; PCWP; pulmonary artery; pulmonary capillary wedge pressure; TPG; transpulmonary gradient; United Network for Organ Sharing; UNOS

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG ALLOCATION SCORE; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR;

EID: 84860257790     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.09.045     Document Type: Article

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