Cardiothoracic transplantationImpact of bilateral versus single lung transplantation on survival in recipients 60 years of age and older: Analysis of United Network for Organ Sharing database
Read at the Eighty-sixth Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Philadelphia, Pa, April 29–May 3, 2006.
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
BLT
bilateral lung transplantation
COPD
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
FVC
forced vital capacity
IPF
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
ISHLT
International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
LTx
lung transplantation
SLT
single lung transplantation
STAR
Standard Transplant Analysis and Research (files)
UNOS
United Network for Organ Sharing
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Drs. Simpkins, Conte, Shah, Borja, and Nwakanma (left to right)
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This work was supported in part by Health Resources and Services Administration contract 231-00-0115.
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Dr Nwakanma is a Hugh R. Sharp Cardiac Surgery Research Fellow.
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Dr Williams is an Irene Piccinini Investigator in Cardiac Surgery.
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