Outcome of lung transplantation in elderly recipients | Zendy

Sandra Tomaszek | Zendy; Juan J. Fibla | Zendy; Ross Dierkhising | Zendy; James G. Scott | Zendy; Keh-Hsien R. Shen | Zendy; Dennis A. Wigle | Zendy; Stephen D. Cassivi | Zendy

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Outcome of lung transplantation in elderly recipients

Author(s) -

Sandra Tomaszek,

Juan J. Fibla,

Ross Dierkhising,

James G. Scott,

Keh-Hsien R. Shen,

Dennis A. Wigle,

Stephen D. Cassivi

Publication year - 2010

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.2010.08.034

Subject(s) - medicine , lung transplantation , transplantation , surgery , cohort , lung

Lung transplantation is a standard treatment option for patients with end-stage lung disease. Lung transplantation in the elderly is controversial due to concerns over anticipated increased surgical risks, inferior long-term outcomes and proper stewardship in allocating limited donor organs. With demographic trends showing an increasing proportion of patients over 60 years old, we evaluated our outcomes with lung transplantation in this older cohort.

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