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Lung transplantation for pulmonary hypertension
Although medical therapies for pulmonary arterial hypertension have greatly improved, it remains a chronic and fatal disease. For patients who are refractory to medical therapy, lung transplantation is an important treatment option. This review discusses issues pertaining to indications for transpla...
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Medknow Publications
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198646/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22034605 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2045-8932.83455 |
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| author | George, M. Patricia Champion, Hunter C. Pilewski, Joseph M. |
| author_facet | George, M. Patricia Champion, Hunter C. Pilewski, Joseph M. |
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| description | Although medical therapies for pulmonary arterial hypertension have greatly improved, it remains a chronic and fatal disease. For patients who are refractory to medical therapy, lung transplantation is an important treatment option. This review discusses issues pertaining to indications for transplant, preparation for transplant and listing, operative issues, and outcomes for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. |
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| spelling | pubmed-31986462011-10-27 Lung transplantation for pulmonary hypertension George, M. Patricia Champion, Hunter C. Pilewski, Joseph M. Pulm Circ Review Article Although medical therapies for pulmonary arterial hypertension have greatly improved, it remains a chronic and fatal disease. For patients who are refractory to medical therapy, lung transplantation is an important treatment option. This review discusses issues pertaining to indications for transplant, preparation for transplant and listing, operative issues, and outcomes for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3198646/ /pubmed/22034605 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2045-8932.83455 Text en Copyright: © Pulmonary Circulation http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| spellingShingle | Review Article George, M. Patricia Champion, Hunter C. Pilewski, Joseph M. Lung transplantation for pulmonary hypertension |
| title | Lung transplantation for pulmonary hypertension |
| title_full | Lung transplantation for pulmonary hypertension |
| title_fullStr | Lung transplantation for pulmonary hypertension |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lung transplantation for pulmonary hypertension |
| title_short | Lung transplantation for pulmonary hypertension |
| title_sort | lung transplantation for pulmonary hypertension |
| topic | Review Article |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198646/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22034605 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2045-8932.83455 |
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