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SAN FRANCISCO – Clinicians can now optimize and successfully transplant lungs that surgeons might otherwise deem unacceptable, an approach which promises to usher in a new era of significantly expanded pulmonary transplant application, according to a study reported at the annual meeting of the... »
Waiting List Survival Better for PAH Patients
PHILADELPHIA - Although mortality on the waiting list is still a problem, the long-term survival after lung transplantation of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension has significantly improved over time, a study has shown.
In the study, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) was classified... »
LAS VEGAS – The 2005 revision of the U.S. lung transplant allocation system appears to have succeeded in its main objective -- fewer patients dying while on the waiting list, Dr. Robert M. Kotloff said at the annual meeting of the National Association for Medical Direction of Respiratory... » SAN DIEGO - Patients younger than age 60 who undergo aortic valve replacement may have a worse rate of survival with a pericardial bioprosthesis as opposed to a mechanical aortic valve replacement, results from a single-center study showed.
"There is insufficient evidence to recommend... » SAN DIEGO - Patients younger than age 60 who undergo aortic valve replacement may have a worse rate of survival with a pericardial bioprosthesis as opposed to a mechanical aortic valve replacement, results from a single-center study showed.
"There is insufficient evidence to recommend... »
Revised Lung Allocation System Changed Dynamics
Bioprosthetic vs. Mechanical Valves in Younger Patients
Bioprosthetic vs. Mechanical Valves in Younger Patients
LAS VEGAS – The 2005 revision of the U.S. lung transplant allocation system appears to have succeeded in its main objective -- fewer patients dying while on the waiting list, Dr. Robert M. Kotloff said at the annual... »
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