Open AccessThe impact of the lung allocation scoring system at the single national Veterans Affairs Hospital lung transplantation program☆
Author(s) -
Satoru Osaki,
James D. Maloney,
Keith C. Meyer,
Richard D. Cornwell,
Niloo M. Edwards,
Nilto C. De Oliveira
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.03.013
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , lung transplantation , veterans affairs , lung , transplantation , single center , idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis , population , surgery , environmental health
The lung allocation score (LAS) has changed the distribution of donor lungs for transplantation. This study was undertaken to evaluate the impact of the LAS on a unique patient population undergoing lung transplantation (LTX) at the single national Veterans Affairs (VA) LT center.
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