Open AccessPreoperative examination of lung transplant candidates: value of chest CT compared with chest radiography.
Author(s) -
Ella A. Kazerooni,
Laurence C. Chow,
Richard Whyte,
Fernando J. Martínez,
Joseph P. Lynch
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
american journal of roentgenology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1546-3141
pISSN - 0361-803X
DOI - 10.2214/ajr.165.6.7484560
Subject(s) - medicine , radiography , radiology , atelectasis , lung , respiratory disease , transplantation , nuclear medicine , surgery
The purpose of our study was to determine the usefulness of CT in examining candidates for lung transplantation to detect cancer not visible on plain chest radiographs (a finding that would exclude a patient from transplantation) and to determine which lung is more severely diseased to aid in the decision of which side to transplant.