Outcomes of COPD lung transplant recipients after lung volume reduction surgery

Chest

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1569-1574

  Nathan, Steven D ^a,c   Edwards, Leah B ^b   Barnett, Scott D ^a   Ahmad, Shahzad ^a   Burton, Nelson A ^a  

^a Inova Heart and Lung Transplant Ctr   (United States)

^b UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

^c INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive lung transplantation; Cohort studies; Mortality; Pneumonectomy; Pulmonary disease; Pulmonary emphysema; Surgery; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8744259761     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.126.5.1569     Document Type: Article

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