International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Twenty-first Pediatric Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation Report —2018; Focus Theme: Multiorgan Transplantation

The 21st Transplant Registry Report summarizes data from pediatric lung and heart/lung transplant recipients and their donors for transplants that occurred through June 30, 2017. This year's report focuses on an overall theme of multiorgan transplantation. In addition to reporting key data for all adult lung and heart-lung transplant recipients, we report transplant types, historical trends, geographical associations, indications, donor and recipient characteristics and transplant outcomes including rejection burden, bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), and survival for multiorgan transplant recipients.
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Tags: Original Clinical Science Source Type: research