Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension who received bilateral lung or heart-lung transplants showed similar survival outcomes at 1 and 5 years, researchers reported.
VIENNA — Survival rates at 1 and 5 years for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension who receive bilateral lung and heart-lung transplant s are similar, said researchers presenting at the
While the lung condition has cardiac ramifications, some experts suggest that the heart can repair itself over time after a bilateral lung transplant.Researchers compared the outcomes of bilateral lung transplantation with those of combined heart-lung transplantation in patients with PAH.
Despite these differences in pretransplant characteristics and surgical factors, researchers found no significant difference in survival outcomes between the two groups at the 1-year and 5-year marks. Similarly, graft survival rates at 1 and 5 years posttransplant did not differ significantly between the two groups.
PAH - Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension PAH Cardiac Surgeries Cardiac Surgery Heart-Lung Transplantation Heart And Lung Transplantation Cardiopulmonary Transplantation Heart-Lung Transplant Heart Failure Transplantation Of The Lung Pulmonary Transplantation Lung Transplantation Lung Hypertension Transplantation Transplant Heart
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