Lung - Transplantation
This randomized controlled pilot trial evaluated the feasibility and safety of integrating hemodiafiltration (HDF) into a six-hour ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) circuit to ameliorate metabolic derangements in marginal donor lungs. Thirty marginal lungs were...
This retrospective United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) database study evaluated the evolving strategies and outcomes of lung re-transplantation for restrictive allograft syndrome (RAS) over two decades (2005–2025), stratifying 293...
A 28-year-old female initially presented in 2022 with a persistent cough. Computed tomography (CT) imaging demonstrated features consistent with pulmonary sarcoidosis, which was subsequently confirmed by bronchoscopic biopsy. She was...
At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, Dr. Laurens Ceulemans, a thoracic and transplant surgeon and Associate Professor of Surgery at UZ/KU Leuven, Belgium,...
At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading surgeons presented on mesenchymal stem cells and transplants. Dr. Laurens Ceulemans, a thoracic and transplant surgeon...
A stimulating discussion of the Vienna paper that advances elective ECMO support for bilateral pulmonary transplantation.
...Patient Care Michael Mack and Alec Vahanian discuss the state and future of transcatheter mitral valve replacement. A new guideline on the use of endoscopic eradication therapy in Barrett’s esophagus...
G. Alexander Patterson from the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Missouri, discusses lung transplantation. He reviews the criteria used to select candidates for the procedure, changes in...
Patient Care Some Syrian refugee children have received surgery for congenital heart defects in Jordan, however many refugees in need of complex medical care are unable to receive such care....
Inci and colleagues reviewed prospectively collected data from 117 patients with end-stage emphysema undergoing lung transplantation. The authors found that short-term and long-term survival were equivalent in patients who did...
A handy view from the pediatric standpoint on an expanding indication for sequential pulmonary transplanation.
...Patient Care The first deceased donor lung transplant in the UAE was performed at the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi’s Heart and Vascular Institute, making the hospital the first in the...
Patient Care The Venezuelan singer known by the nickname “El Puma” is recovering after a double lung transplant for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. A Bangladeshi woman has received a new esophagus...



