Cardiopulmonary transplantation: current
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Luis Sergio Fragomeni; Robert S. Bonser; Stuart W. Jamieson
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Article
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1988
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Springer
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English
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Heart-lung transplantation has become an effective form of therapy for end-stage cardiopulmonary disease. Early results have steadily improved, and a 1-year survival rate of over 60% is now expected. The fact that lungs can be preserved for an extended period allows organs to be procured almost anyw