Lung Transplant Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Lung Transplant, including details on risks, prognosis, procedure, surgery, organ donation.

Volume 4 (2008), Issue 3 (March)

1. Survival after bilateral versus single lung transplantation for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a retrospective analysis of registry data.
   Lancet, 371(9614): 744-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Th-17, monokines, collagen type V, and primary graft dysfunction in lung transplantation.
   Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 177(6): 660-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Effects of induction immunosuppression regimen on acute rejection, bronchiolitis obliterans, and survival after lung transplantation.
   J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 135(3): 594-602. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Influence of ABCB1 genetic polymorphisms on cyclosporine intracellular concentration in transplant recipients.
   Pharmacogenet Genomics, 18(4): 307-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Heart and lung transplantation in the United States, 1997-2006.
   Am J Transplant, 8(4): 977-87. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Fast track recovery following en bloc heart-lung-liver transplantation in a patient with cystic fibrosis complicated by severe portal hypertension.
   Heart Lung Circ, 17(2): 154-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Spirometry after transplantation: how much better are two lungs than one?
   Ann Thorac Surg, 85(4): 1193-201, 1201.e1-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Effect of multiorgan donation after cardiac death retrieval on lung performance.
   ANZ J Surg, 78(4): 262-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to emergency heart-lung transplantation in a patient with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.
   J Heart Lung Transplant, 27(4): 466-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Regression of pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis (PLAM)-associated retroperitoneal angiomyolipoma post-lung transplantation with rapamycin treatment.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 27(4): 462-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Native lung volume reduction surgery relieves functional graft compression after single-lung transplantation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 135(4): 931-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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