Donor lungs from heavy smokers ‘safe for transplantation
By longogave On Sunday, March 16 th, 2014 · 5 Comments · In recent post
This is according to a study recently published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
The research team, including Dr. Anton Sabashnikov of the Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospital in the UK, analyzed data of 237 patients who underwent lung transplantation at Harefield Hospital between 2007 and 2012.
Characteristics of both patients and donors were assessed, as well as patient outcomes following transplantations.
Read more at: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/273203.php
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