WEIGHT LOSS PRIOR TO LUNG TRANSPLANTATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVED SURVIVAL

BACKGROUND: Obesity is associated with increased mortality following lung transplantation and is a relative contraindication to transplant. Whether weight reduction prior to transplantation ameliorates this risk is unknown. Our objective was to determine whether weight loss prior to lung transplanta...

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Udgivet i:J Heart Lung Transplant
Main Authors: Chandrashekaran, Satish, Keller, Cesar A., Kremers, Walter K., Peters, Steve G., Hathcock, Matthew A., Kennedy, Cassie C.
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: 2014
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4417392/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25578626
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2014.11.018
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