The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 240-246 , March 2010

Factors indicative of long-term survival after lung transplantation: A review of 836 10-year survivors

Presented at the Twenty-ninth Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Paris, France, April 22–25, 2009.

  • Eric S. Weiss, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • Jeremiah G. Allen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • Christian A. Merlo, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • John V. Conte, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • Ashish S. Shah, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ashish S. Shah, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director, Lung Transplant Program, Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Blalock 618, 600 N. Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287. Telephone: 410-502-3900. Fax: 410-955-3809

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PII: S1053-2498(09)00532-4

doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.06.027

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 240-246 , March 2010

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