Transplantation of the lungs and heart and lung for patients with severe pulmonary complications from sarcoidosis.
Heart-lung transplantation is now a feasible treatment for patients with end-stage pulmonary sarcoidosis. Recurrence of a sarcoidosis in the transplanted lungs may occur, but has not been a clinical problem.
Scott
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Department of Respiratory Physiology, Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridge, U.K.
Higenbottam
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D006084:Graft Rejection; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications*