Unilateral Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction Assessed by Biphasic Computed Tomographic Volumetry in Bilateral Living-donor Lobar Lung Transplantation

Background. Early diagnosis of unilateral chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) is difficult because the unaffected contralateral lung functions as a reservoir in bilateral living-donor lobar lung transplantation (LDLLT). We previously reported the usefulness of 133Xe ventilation scintigraphy fo...

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Main Authors: Masao Saito, MD, Toyofumi F. Chen-Yoshikawa, MD, PhD, Yuji Nakamoto, MD, PhD, Hidenao Kayawake, MD, Junko Tokuno, MD, Satoshi Ueda, MD, Hiroya Yamagishi, MD, Fumiaki Gochi, MD, Ryo Okabe, MD, Akihiro Takahagi, MD, Masatsugu Hamaji, MD, PhD, Hideki Motoyama, MD, PhD, Akihiro Aoyama, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Date, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2018-11-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000839