Background: Recommendations regarding key aspects related to the diagnosis and
pharmacological treatment of lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) were recently published …

The psychosocial evaluation is well-recognized as an important component of the
multifaceted assessment process to determine candidacy for heart transplantation, lung …

Pulmonary hypertension remained an unexplained intractable disease with poor prognosis.
In the last 2 decades, however, the diagnosis and treatment methods for this disease …

Background On May 4, 2005, the system for allocation of deceased donor lungs for
transplant in the United States changed from allocation based on waiting time to allocation …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common respiratory disorder with
significant morbidity and mortality. Despite its prevalence, COPD is underdiagnosed, and …

Lung transplantation (LTx) can be a life-extending treatment option for patients with
advanced and/or progressive fibrotic interstitial lung disease (ILD), especially idiopathic …

Patients undergoing evaluation for solid organ transplantation (SOT) often have a history of
malignancy. Although the cancer has been treated in these patients, the benefits of …

Rationale: The prognostic value of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) for survival in
cystic fibrosis (CF) in the context of current clinical management, when controlling for other …

Objective Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is associated with substantial morbidity in
rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but very little is known about its long‐term progression. This study …

The prognosis of patients with connective tissue disease (CTD) has improved significantly in
recent years, but interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated with connective tissue disease …