Lung transplant is a treatment option for patients with end‐stage lung diseases; however,
survival outcomes continue to be inferior when compared to other solid organs. We review …

Airway anastomotic stenosis after lung transplantation is a potential cause of early morbidity
and mortality, especially after double lung transplantation. A 55-year-old woman and a 63 …

Human lung transplantation was first attempted in 1963 but it was not until two decades later
that extended survival was achieved. Further refinements in patient selection, surgical …

Discussion Lung transplantation has become a standard of care for selected spectrum of
end-stage pulmonary diseases. The postoperative course is often associated with …

Background: In asthma there has been increasing interest in the contribution of airway
microvasculature to airway wall thickness and lumenal narrowing. Post-lung transplant, the …

P ments by a number of investigators. The following hypotheses have been postulated to
account for this deleterious hemodynamic change: ischemia of the lung during the operative …

DISCUSSION: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is one of the most severe complications of
connective tissue diseases for which LTX is indicated for advanced disease refractory to …

Purpose To evaluate the predictive role of computed tomography (CT) on acute rejection in
patients who underwent lung transplantation (LT). Materials and methods Seventy-eight …

To study the time course of exercise performance and the diffusion capacity after heart
transplantation, we submitted two groups of patients to graded symptom-limited supine …

Methods: We studied 122 lungs of 61 consecutive donors have been refereed to our centre
and were clinically suitable for potential lung donation (normal chest radiography). We …