Mechanisms of pulmonary transfer factor decline following heart transplantation

The time course of pulmonary transfer factor changes following heart transplantation.

OBJECTIVE The pulmonary transfer factor for carbon monoxide (TLCO) has been reported to decline following heart transplantation, but the time course of this decline is not well documented. The aim of this study was to define the longitudinal changes in TLCO after heart transplantation. METHODS Single breath TLCO, lung volumes and expiratory flow rates were prospectively measured in 57 patient...

Pulmonary diffusion impairment following heart transplantation: a prospective study.

The aim of this prospective study was to confirm whether and when a fall in gas transfer occurs following heart transplantation (HT); and to examine the potential relationship between gas transfer and haemodynamic change, immuno-suppression and cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. The lung physiology of 34 heart transplant recipients (HTR) and 14 control patients undergoing coronary artery bypass g...

Pulmonary haemorrhage following renal transplantation.

The case history is presented of a 32 year old black man who developed haemoptysis leading to pulmonary haemorrhage and bilateral pulmonary infiltrates. He was found to have Kaposi's sarcoma of the lung with no evidence of skin or endobronchial lesions.

Pulmonary infiltrates following bone marrow transplantation.

Arrhythmias After Heart Transplantation: Mechanisms and Management

H eart transplantation (HT) has significantly altered the treatment paradigm for end-stage heart disease. With current surgical techniques and postoperative immunosuppression, 1-year survival after HT is ≈90%, 5-year survival is ≈70%, and median survival exceeds 10 years.1–3 These improved outcomes have also affected the natural history of arrhythmia occurrence in the HT patient, and arrhythmia...