Selection and evaluation of recipients for heart-lung and lung transplantation: the Niguarda Hospital experience

Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 1994 Apr;49(2):131-7.

Abstract

Between January 1989 and February 1993, 52 patients were evaluated at Niguarda Hospital for lung or heart and lung transplantation. Of the 35 that entered the waiting list, a total of 19 were transplanted (14 at other institutes before our surgical programme became operative, and 5 at our hospital). Recipient selection and evaluation criteria, and timing of transplantation in the different diseases are discussed.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Contraindications
  • Female
  • Heart Diseases / diagnosis
  • Heart Diseases / psychology
  • Heart Diseases / surgery*
  • Heart-Lung Transplantation / methods
  • Hospitals, Urban
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Lung Transplantation* / methods
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / prevention & control
  • Respiratory Tract Diseases / diagnosis
  • Respiratory Tract Diseases / psychology
  • Respiratory Tract Diseases / surgery*
  • Time Factors
  • Waiting Lists