Lung Transplantation: Moving Forward yet Still Impeded by Infection and Rejection

We are excited to bring you the “Lung Transplantation: Advances Through Collaboration” issue for the Thoracic Surgery Clinics. Invited guest editors, UCSF Thoracic Surgeon Jasleen Kukreja, MD, MPH, and Transplant Pulmonologist Aida Venado, MD, MAS, have brought together a panoply of current topics about lung transplantation. T hrough invited experts in the field, our editors provide a state-of-the-union summary for surgical management of advanced lung disease, including chronic problems like pulmonary fibrosis and COPD, and acute indications, like acute respiratory distress syndrome, including, selectively, as a complicat ion of COVID-19.

Source: Thoracic Surgery Clinics - May 1, 2022 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Virginia R. Litle Tags: Foreword Source Type: research