Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction: Definition and Update of Restrictive Allograft Syndrome (RAS) A Consensus Report from the Pulmonary Council of the ISHLT

The term “restrictive allograft syndrome” (RAS) was recently introduced to identify a specific phenotype of chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD), that was characterized by restrictive pulmonary physiology and worse survival compared to the more common bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS). Since t he definition of RAS is not clear cut at present, the Pulmonary Council of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation gathered a group of experts in the field with the primary aim to formulate a strict and useful definition of RAS.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - April 2, 2019 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Allan R Glanville, Geert M. Verleden, Jamie L. Todd, Christian Benden, Fiorella Calabrese, Jens Gottlieb, Ramsey R Hachem, Deborah Levine, Federica Meloni, Scott M. Palmer, Antonio Roman, Masaaki Sato, Lianne G Singer, Sofya Tokman, Stijn E Verleden, Jan Tags: Editorial Source Type: research