Respiratory mechanics after heart-lung and bilateral lung transplantation
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Respiratory mechanics after heart-lung and bilateral lung transplantation.
BACKGROUND The factors determining respiratory mechanics following heart-lung transplantation (HLT) and bilateral lung transplantation (BLT) are incompletely understood. METHODS The dynamic and static lung volumes of 15 patients after HLT (n = 6) and BLT (n = 9) with no evidence of obliterative bronchiolitis were analysed to assess the factors which determine lung volumes following transplant...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.8.718