Impact of flat chest on cadaveric lung transplantation: postoperative pulmonary function and survival | Zendy

So Miyahara | Zendy; Toyofumi F. ChenYoshikawa | Zendy; Hideki Motoyama | Zendy; Daisuke Nakajima | Zendy; Masatsugu Hamaji | Zendy; Akihiro Aoyama | Zendy; Hiroshi Date | Zendy

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Impact of flat chest on cadaveric lung transplantation: postoperative pulmonary function and survival

Author(s) -

So Miyahara,

Toyofumi F. ChenYoshikawa,

Hideki Motoyama,

Daisuke Nakajima,

Masatsugu Hamaji,

Akihiro Aoyama,

Hiroshi Date

Publication year - 2018

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 - 10.1093/ejcts/ezy248

Subject(s) - medicine , lung transplantation , surgery , transplantation , pulmonary function testing , lung , vital capacity , cadaveric spasm , survival rate , radiology , diffusing capacity , lung function

Thoracic cage flatness, the so-called flat chest, is a chest wall deformity associated with end-stage lung disease requiring lung transplantation. There is little information on the impact of flat chest on lung transplantation. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether flat chest directly influences respiratory function and survival after cadaveric lung transplantation.

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