TY - JOUR
T1 - Recipient selection, timing of referral, and listing for lung transplantation
AU - Lashari, Bilal Haider
AU - Myers, Catherine
AU - Brown, James
AU - Galli, Jonathan
AU - Sehgal, Sameep
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgeons.
PY - 2022/7
Y1 - 2022/7
N2 - Recipient selection for lung transplantation is a balance between providing access to transplantation to maximum patients, while utilizing this limited resource in the most optimal way. This review summarizes the current literature and recommendations about referral, listing, and evaluation of lung transplant candidates, with a focus on patients considered to have high risk characteristics.
AB - Recipient selection for lung transplantation is a balance between providing access to transplantation to maximum patients, while utilizing this limited resource in the most optimal way. This review summarizes the current literature and recommendations about referral, listing, and evaluation of lung transplant candidates, with a focus on patients considered to have high risk characteristics.
KW - Bilateral lung transplant
KW - Lung transplantation
KW - Recipient selection
KW - Single lung transplant
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U2 - 10.1007/s12055-022-01330-5
DO - 10.1007/s12055-022-01330-5
M3 - Review article
C2 - 35309961
AN - SCOPUS:85126232725
SN - 0970-9134
VL - 38
SP - 237
EP - 247
JO - Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
JF - Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
ER -