Lung transplant

Lung transplants are a treatment option for children and young adults with severe cystic fibrosis (CF), with end-stage lung disease, and other chronic lung diseases.
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Lung transplant: A treatment for life-threatening lung disease
Find out what you need to do to receive a lung transplant and how to take care of your new organ.
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Lung transplant
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Lung transplant is surgery to replace one or both diseased lungs with healthy lungs from a human donor.
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Heart and Lung Transplant Overview
A pioneering heart surgeon, Dr Christiaan Barnard, performed the first successful human-to-human heart transplant operation in 1967 in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Lung transplant for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
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A heart and lung transplant is a serious operation. It is reserved for those who will die without it. The procedure is expensive and risky, demanding that an individual undergo intense treatment for many years.
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Lung transplantation is used to treat end-stage, life-threatening lung disease when other treatment options have failed.
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Treatment is aimed at increasing the functional capacity of the lungs and may include bronchodilators, administration of supplemental oxygen, or lung transplantation.
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In a heart transplant, the heart is removed and replaced with a healthy heart from a donor. A lung transplant may be done at the same time - a heart/lung transplant. A heart transplant may be offered for a number of reasons: ...
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Combined heart and lung transplants have also greatly benefited some patients. In addition, researchers are experimenting with gene therapy.
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Stronger immune suppressants such as cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan) or azathioprine (Imuran) may also be tried. Some patients need supplemental oxygen. A lung transplant may be an option for incurable diseases.
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: Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease in thoracic organ transplant patients: ten years of cyclosporine-based immunosuppression. J Heart Lung Transplant 10 (6): 877-86; discussion 886-7, 1991 Nov-Dec. [PUBMED Abstract] ...
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quality of life, to slow the growth of the smooth muscle cells and the development of blood clots; and to increase the supply of blood and oxygen to the heart, while reducing its workload. Treatments include medications, oxygen, and lung transplant.
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Secondary heart failure ensues without correction of this problem. There is an increased incidence of this disease in females between the ages of 20 and 40 years. Treatment may include a heart and lung transplant in select cases.
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