Heart–lung transplantation over the past 10 years: an up-to-date concept | Zendy

Yasuhiro Shudo | Zendy; Patpilai Kasinpila | Zendy; Bharathi Lingala | Zendy; Flora Y. Kim | Zendy; Y. Joseph Woo | Zendy

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Heart–lung transplantation over the past 10 years: an up-to-date concept

Author(s) -

Yasuhiro Shudo,

Patpilai Kasinpila,

Bharathi Lingala,

Flora Y. Kim,

Y. Joseph Woo

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/ezy253

Subject(s) - medicine , lung transplantation , lung , heart transplantation , demographics , transplantation , heart failure , cardiology , surgery , intensive care medicine , demography , sociology

Heart-lung transplantation has been established as an effective treatment for patients with advanced cardiopulmonary failure. Over the years, the number of operations performed has declined. In 2015, only 38 adult heart-lung transplants were reported worldwide. Since then, we have performed 16 operations in high-acuity patients with excellent postoperative outcomes. Herein, we review our single-centre experience with heart-lung transplantation over the past 10 years.

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