Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

Kamyar Afshar

Publications

• Review Article
  Medical Complications in Lung Transplant Recipients with Pulmonary Fibrosis
  Author(s): Kamyar Afshar, Ngozi Orjioke and Timothy WhelanKamyar Afshar, Ngozi Orjioke and Timothy Whelan
  
  Lung transplantation is a therapeutic option for selected patients with severe interstitial disease who continue to have progressive clinical deterioration. There is a survival advantage for selected patients who undergo transplant, but it primarily improves quality of life after transplantation. Unfortunately, patients with IPF have worse outcomes following lung transplantation due to various factors. This review article will describe several common postoperative complications including an astamotic complications, allograft dysfunction, cardiovascular complications, thromboembolic phenomenon, renal failure, neurologic complications and complications related to the native lung in the single lung transplant recipients. .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-105X.1000145

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