Imaging of Lung Transplantation
Lung transplantation is the only curative treatment for end-stage lung disease, which is caused by a wide variety of pathologies and encountered in a diverse range of patients. Potential recipients, as well as donors are carefully evaluated by imaging prior to transplant for contraindications to the transplant. After transplantation, recipients are imaged in the immediate, early, intermediate, and late periods for complications that may arise and require intervention. Radiography and computed tomography are the 2 most commonly used imaging modalities used to evaluate the chest after lung transplantation.
Source: Clinics in Chest Medicine - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Stacy J. Kim, Ryan G. Short, Michael A. Beal, Derek E. Byers, Cylen Javidan, Demetrios Raptis Source Type: research
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