Advances in PH Journal

Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension Spring 2004 (Vol 3, No 1)

Editor's Memo
Redefining the Window of Opportunity in Lung Transplantation
Profiles in Pulmonary Hypertension
Joel D. Cooper, MD, the Physician Who Launched Lung Transplantation on Its Path to Successful Outcomes
Listing the Patient: Deciding When Transplantation Is the Only Viable Life-Sustaining Option
Transplantation of the lungs became an acceptable therapeutic option for patients with end-stage lung and pulmonary vascular disease in 1981, following the first successful human heartlung transplantation performed for a patient with primary pulmonary hypertension.
Lung Transplantation: Timing, Perioperative Considerations and Postoperative Outcome
Lung transplantation has evolved over the past several decades in patients with end-stage lung disease. Single and bilateral lung as well as heart-lung transplantation has been utilized in the setting of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) when all other therapeutic measures have been unsuccessful.
Pulmonary Hypertension Roundtable
Protocols in Heart and Lung Transplantation: An Essential Guide to Preoperative Assessment and Timing to Improve Outcomes