Baseline Lung Allograft Dysfunction After Bilateral Lung Transplantation Is Associated With an Increased Risk of Death: Results From a Multicenter Cohort Study.

BLAD is associated with an increased risk of death following lung transplantation, representing an important posttransplant outcome with valuable prognostic significance; however, early allograft specific injury on the molecular level does not increase the risk of BLAD, supporting further mechanistic insight into disease pathophysiology.