Pathologic pulmonary alterations in long-term human heart-lung transplantation
SA Yousem, CM Burke, ME Billingham - Human pathology, 1985 - Elsevier
Twenty-one patients with end-stage pulmonary hypertension underwent combined allograft
heart-lung transplantation after 1980. Almost 80 per cent of these patients survived beyond
the immediate postoperative period, with the longest survival period more than 3 1/2 years at
the time of this report. Five patients died in the perioperative or immediate postoperative
period, and 11 returned to normal lives with essentially normal pulmonary function. In the
remaining five allograft recipients recurrent respiratory infections and progressive …
heart-lung transplantation after 1980. Almost 80 per cent of these patients survived beyond
the immediate postoperative period, with the longest survival period more than 3 1/2 years at
the time of this report. Five patients died in the perioperative or immediate postoperative
period, and 11 returned to normal lives with essentially normal pulmonary function. In the
remaining five allograft recipients recurrent respiratory infections and progressive …
