LUNG TRANSPLANTATION FOR SEVERE PAH – HOW FAR CAN WE GO? PRO – Lung transplantation

Historically, heart-lung transplantation was established even before the first successful lung transplant. The pioneering work of Bruce Reitz and Norman Shumway paved the way for the technical feasibility of transplanting a heart-lung block. In the early days of thoracic transplantation, the primary indication for a heart-lung block was pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).1

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