Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: RESULTS: Survival at three and five years was 70% and 56%, respectively. Three patients developed obliterative bronchiolitis at six, 18, and 45 months. One died at the time of retransplantation. Sarcoid granulomas have recurred in the donor organ in three patients. In one the development of granulomas has been associated with clinical deterioration, necessitating retransplantation. Mean (SD) forced expiratory volumes in one second at three and five years were 1.37 (0.67) 1 and 1.34 (0.13) 1, respectively. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | S Walker, G Mikhail, N Banner, J Partridge, A Khaghani, M Burke, M Yacoub |
Journal | Thorax
(Thorax)
Vol. 53
Issue 4
Pg. 281-4
(Apr 1998)
ISSN: 0040-6376 [Print] England |
PMID | 9741371
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Bronchiolitis Obliterans
(etiology)
- Exercise Test
- Female
- Forced Expiratory Volume
- Humans
- Immunosuppression Therapy
(methods)
- Lung Transplantation
(pathology)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Postoperative Care
(methods)
- Postoperative Complications
- Recurrence
- Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary
(pathology, surgery)
- Treatment Outcome
- Vital Capacity
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