Does simultaneous lung-liver transplantation provide an immunologic advantage compared with isolated lung transplantation?

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 May;141(5):e36-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.01.056.
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MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cystic Fibrosis / surgery*
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Female
  • Graft Rejection / immunology
  • Graft Rejection / mortality
  • Graft Rejection / prevention & control*
  • Graft Survival* / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / surgery
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
  • Liver Transplantation / immunology*
  • Liver Transplantation / mortality
  • Lung Transplantation / immunology*
  • Lung Transplantation / mortality
  • Male
  • Pennsylvania
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Time Factors
  • Transplantation Tolerance*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Immunosuppressive Agents