title: Response to letter regarding article, "transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension: improvement in the lung allocation score era".
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, CA.
authors.forename: Justin M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Schaffer
authors.forename: Steve K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Joyce
authors.forename: Bruce A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Reitz
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Robbins
authors.forename: Roham T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Zamanian
authors.forename: Hari R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Mallidi
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000639:trends*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008297:Male; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000379:methods*; D014850:Waiting Lists / Q000401:mortality*