… a favourable outcome with transplantation. This article discusses the selection process of …
Early referral for consideration of lung transplantation is highly desirable as it enhances the …

… Lung transplantation is one of the few … selection of candidates and timing of listing present
challenges, as COPD tends to progress fairly slowly, and survival after lung transplantation …

… of patients for lung transplantation with appropriate selection … Society for Heart and Lung
Transplantation (ISHLT), which … whom may be suitable for lung transplantation (LTx) and when …

… transplant centers. This trend reflects the expansion of … lung transplant candidacy exist
now, compared to the time of publication of prior versions of this document, making the selection …

… transplantation is most commonly performed for suppurative lung diseases and heart–lung
transplantation for combined lung and heart disease that cannot be surgically corrected at the …

… The selection of appropriate recipients for lung transplantation is an evolving discipline.
As experience with the procedure has developed over the last decades, the identification …

… Lung or heart-lung transplantation is a viable option for … lung transplant (LT) is appreciable,
with 3 and 5 year survival rates of ~60 and 50%, respectively. Thus LT is reserved for patients …

… the field of lung transplantation. Within the following pages, the reader will find … selection
criteria for lung transplantation candidates, when and how to remit a patient to a transplantation …

… up to the transplant surgery. These decisions (patient selection, timing of listing, and choice
of … type) are critically important steps in optimizing the outcome of lung transplantation. …

… While the focus of this project was on the attributes of lung transplant candidates, the process
of patient selection and the challenges of long-term survival are shared by all transplant …