Open AccessAn Intention-to-treat View of Lung Transplantation for Interstitial Lung Disease: Successful Strategies to Minimize Waiting List and Posttransplant Mortality
Author(s) -
Michael Z.L. Zhu,
B. Levvey,
David C. McGiffin,
Gregory I Snell
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000003664
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , lung transplantation , transplantation , lung , surgery , interstitial lung disease , confidence interval
Access to lung transplantation (LTx) and rates of waiting list and posttransplant mortality for patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) remain problematic. We evaluated the outcomes of ILD patients listed for LTx at our institution.