title: Indications. Unilateral, bilateral, heart-lung, and lobar transplant procedures.
abstract: Indications for unilateral, bilateral, heart-lung, and lobar transplant procedures for emphysema, cystic fibrosis, primary pulmonary hypertension, and pulmonary fibrosis are presented, and a brief historical perspective of the procedures is supplied.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004646:Emphysema / Q000601:surgery*; D016041:Heart-Lung Transplantation / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000601:surgery*; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D018579:Patient Selection; D011379:Prognosis; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome