Reversibility of Frailty after Lung Transplantation by Elyn Montgomery, Peter S. Macdonald, Phillip J. Newton, Sungwon Chang, Kay Wilhelm, Sunita R. Jha, Monique Malouf

“…We performed 166 lung transplants (frail patients, n = 27, 16%). Eighteen of the 27 frail patients have undergone frailty reassessment. …”
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Lung Transplantation in a Patient with COPA Syndrome by Jorge M. Mallea, Anna Kornafeld, Andras Khoor, David B. Erasmus

“…It is difficult to recognize, and the survival benefit of lung transplantation for these patients is not yet known. …”
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Exacerbation of Pulmonary Fibrosis Following Single Lung Transplantation by Dawei Yang, Jennifer M Wilson, Chunxue Bai, John Yee, Pearce G Wilcox, Nasreen Khalil, Robert D Levy

“…Following single lung transplantation, patients receive maintenance immunosuppression, which could mitigate the development of acute exacerbations in the native lung. …”
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Innovations in Lung Transplant Research and Practice: The Future is Now by Robin Vos, Robin Vos, Sandra Lindstedt, Sandra Lindstedt, Sandra Lindstedt, Sandra Lindstedt, Deborah J. Levine, Norihisa Shigemura

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Recurrence of Intravenous Talc Granulomatosis following Single Lung Transplantation by Richard C Cook, Guy Fradet, John C English, John Soos, Nestor L Müller, Thomas P Connolly, Robert D Levy

“…A number of patients with this condition have undergone lung transplantation for respiratory failure. However, a history of drug abuse is often considered to be a contraindication to transplantation in the context of limited donor resources. …”
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Improvement in Health-Related Quality of Life After Lung Transplantation by Maria-Jose Santana, David Feeny, Katherine Jackson, Justin Weinkauf, Dale Lien

“…HRQL following lung transplantation has not been studied systematically. …”
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Thymic Hyperplasia after Lung Transplantation Imitating Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder by Christina Maria Steger, Severin Semsroth, Thomas Hager, Ralf Rieker, Ludwig Müller

“…For the first time, we report a case of thymic hyperplasia in a patient 2 years after bilateral lung transplantation. Contrast-enhanced chest CT scan was highly suspicious for a posttransplant lymphoma or thymoma. …”
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Incidence, prevalence, and predictors of osteoporotic fracture in adult lung transplant recipients by Elisabeth Ng, Shanal Kumar, Eldho Paul, Daniel Bennett, Luisa Rosi, Louise Fuller, Lauren Chiu, Shoshana Sztal-Mazer, Steven Ivulich, Greg Snell, Leon A. Bach, Kathryn L. Hackman

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T cell immune senescence is associated with frailty and sarcopenia in lung transplant candidates by Joanna M. Schaenman, MD, PhD, Harry Pickering, PhD, Elaine F. Reed, PhD, Maura Rossetti, PhD, Benjamin Seligman, MD, S. Samuel Weigt, MD, Michael Shino, MD, David Sayah, MD, PhD, John Belperio, MD, Ashley Hu, MD, Ashley Prosper, MD, Kathleen Ruchalski, MD, Abbas Ardehali, MD, Reshma Biniwale, MD

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Hydroxocobalamin for the treatment of vasoplegia after lung transplantation: A case series by Anh Nguyen, MD, PhD, Rima Bouajram, PharmD, Marek Brzezinski, MD, Sahand Hassanipour, David Gordon, Binh Trinh, MD, Tobias Deuse, MD, Aida Venado, MD, Steve Hays, MD, Jonathan Singer, MD, Jasleen Kukreja, MD, MPH

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Candida dubliniensis breast implant infection in a lung transplant recipient by Ashley Barnes, MD, Kristen Broderick, MD, Errol Bush, MD, Jonathan Orens, MD, Melanie Marashly, CRNP, Shmuel Shoham, MD, Robin Avery, MD

“…This report details the case of a lung transplant recipient with a remote history of breast cancer and breast reconstruction with implants, who received lengthy antifungal therapy for a post-transplant donor-transmitted Candida dubliniensis empyema. …”
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Asystole after Orthotopic Lung Transplantation: Examining the Interaction of Cardiac Denervation and Dexmedetomidine by Christopher Allen-John Webb, Paul David Weyker, Brigid Colleen Flynn

“…In rare instances, orthotopic lung transplantation has been associated with disruption of autonomic innervation of the heart. …”
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Noninvasive Investigations for the Early Detection of Chronic Airways Dysfunction Following Lung Transplantation by Richard C Cook, Guy Fradet, Nestor L Muller, Daniel F Worsley, David Ostrow, Robert D Levy

“…BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of chronic rejection after lung transplantation is limited by the lack of a reliable test to detect airways disease early.…”
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Impact of elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftor in lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis in the United States by Tahuanty A. Pena, MD, MS, Brittany Wright, PharmD, Kalpaj R. Parekh, MBBS, Julia Kleney-Tait, MD, PhD

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Sotatercept Use in a Patient with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Undergoing Lung Transplantation by Justin P. Rosenheck, Kashika Goyal, Tara Fallah, Pamela Burcham, Kukbin Choi, Matthew Henn, Elie Homsy, Scott Visovatti, Veronica Franco

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Effect of Maintenance Azithromycin on Established Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome in Lung Transplant Patients by Nancy R Porhownik, Wael Batobara, Wayne Kepron, Helmut W Unruh, Zoheir Bshouty

“…BACKGROUND: Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), the main cause of late mortality following lung transplantation, is defined as an irreversible decline in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1).Previous studies using azithromycin for BOS in lung transplant patients have demonstrated a potential reversibility of the decline in FEV1.…”
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Antibody-Mediated Rejection and Sponge Effect in a Redo Lung Transplant Recipient by Ashwini Arjuna, Michael T. Olson, Sofya Tokman, Rajat Walia, Thalachallour Mohanakumar, A. Samad Hashimi, Michael A. Smith, Ross M. Bremner, Ashraf Omar

“…Long-term survival after lung transplant remains severely limited by chronic lung allograft dysfunction. …”
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Incidence of Fractures after Cardiac and Lung Transplantation: A Single Center Experience by Aileen Hariman, Charles Alex, Alain Heroux, Pauline Camacho

“…Our findings demonstrate a much lower incidence of fractures in heart and lung transplant recipients in comparison with earlier reports. …”
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Preoperative Cardiac Variables of Diastolic Dysfunction and Clinical Outcomes in Lung Transplant Recipients by Ajay Yadlapati, Joseph P. Lynch, Rajan Saggar, David Ross, John A. Belperio, Stephen Weigt, Abbas Ardehali, Tristan Grogan, Eric H. Yang, Jamil Aboulhosn

“…Background. Orthotopic lung transplantation is now widely performed in patients with advanced lung disease. …”
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Concomitant abdominal organ transplantation alongside lung transplantation: An ISHLT transplant database analysis by Renita Wilson, BS, J. Asher Jenkins, MD, Juan Maria Farina, MD, Blake Langlais, MS, Bashar Aqel, MD, Ashraf Omar, MD, Jonathan D’Cunha, MD, PhD, Pedro Reck dos Santos, MD, PhD

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