Bridging the survival gap in cystic fibrosis –an investigation of lung transplant outcomes in Canada and the United States.

: Prior literature in cystic fibrosis (CF) has shown a 10-year survival gap between Canada and the US. We hypothesized that differential access to, and survival following lung transplantation may contribute to the observed gap.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - December 6, 2020 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Anne L. Stephenson, Kathleen J. Ramos, Jenna Sykes, Xiayi Ma, Sanja Stanojevic, Bradley S. Quon, Bruce C. Marshall, Kristofer Petren, Joshua S. Ostrenga, Aliza K. Fink, Albert Faro, Alexander Elbert, Cecilia Chaparro, Christopher H. Goss Source Type: research