Advances in Lung Transplantation - Royal Perth Hospital
Advances in Lung Transplantation - Royal Perth Hospital
Advances in Lung Transplantation - Royal Perth Hospital
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RPH First 8 Transplants<br />
Who have we done?<br />
patients <strong>in</strong> 13 months (target 8 / year first 2 yrs)<br />
edian wait<strong>in</strong>g time 8 weeks<br />
- Australian median 11 months<br />
SLTx, 1 Ht-<strong>Lung</strong> Tx, 2 BSLTx (7 M; median age 59, range<br />
45 - 64)<br />
- 4 emphysema, 3 ILD (1 pt both), 1 alpha 1<br />
antitryps<strong>in</strong><br />
all hypoxic and hypercapnoeic, functional class IV<br />
- 1 congenital heart disease/ PAH<br />
LV and RV failure, functional class IV, implantable
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