Twenty-five year survival after heart-lung transplantation: A milestone

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作者
Rose, Jessica [2 ]
Zimmerman, Hannah [1 ]
Coelho-Anderson, Romana [2 ]
Copeland, Jack G. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103 USA
[2] Univ Arizona, Hlth Sci Ctr, San Diego, CA USA
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heart-lung transplant; survival; rabbit anti-thymocyte; globulin;
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10.1016/j.healun.2010.10.011
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Limited information about long-term survivors of heart-lung transplant recipients exists. We report a 57-year-old man who has now survived 25 years after a heart-lung transplant. Initial induction and maintenance immunotherapy was rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin, cyclosporine, azathioprine, and methylprednisolone. This patient is currently alive and working 25 years later and has continued good function of the heart-lung graft,without evidence of bronchiolitis obliterans. J Heart Lung Transplant 2011;30:385-8 (C) 2011 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. All rights reserved.
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