| Literature DB >> 26922590 |
Jay J Idrees1,2, Gösta B Pettersson3,4.
Abstract
Over the last several decades, significant advances and improvements in care of transplant patients have resulted in markedly improved outcomes. A number of options are available for patients with advanced cardiopulmonary dysfunction requiring transplantation. There is a debate about when isolated heart or isolated lung transplantation is no longer possible or advisable and combined heart-lung transplantation is justified. Organ availability and allocation severely limit the latter option to very few well-selected patients. We review practice patterns, trends, and outcomes after triple-organ heart-lung transplant (HLTx) worldwide, as well as our own experience with heart-lung transplant in the modern era.Entities:
Keywords: Cardiac and pulmonary dysfunction; ECMO; Eisenmenger; Heart failure; Heart-lung transplant; Only option; Pulmonary hypertension
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Year: 2016 PMID: 26922590 DOI: 10.1007/s11886-016-0713-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Cardiol Rep ISSN: 1523-3782 Impact factor: 2.931