A higher predicted total lung capacity ratio, suggestive of oversized donor lungs, is associated with improved survival following lung transplantation, primarily among patients who undergo double-lung (bilateral) transplants, according to a new study in the August 2013 issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. "An unresolved question in the field of lung transplantation is how the size of the donor lungs relative to the recipient affects transplant success," said lead author Michael Eberlein, MD, PhD, from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City...
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