Significance of and risk factors for the development of central airway stenosis after lung transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 383-389

  Shofer, S L ^a   Wahidi, M M ^a   Davis, W A ^a   Palmer, S M ^a   Hartwig, M G ^a   Lu, Y ^b   Snyder, L D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection; lung transplantation; stenosis; stent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; BRONCHOPLASTY; CENTRAL AIRWAY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG MYCOSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STENT; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADULT; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPIROMETRY; STENTS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873086186     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12017     Document Type: Article

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