Survival outcomes following urgent lung transplantation in France and the USA.
Arnaud RousselEdouard SagePierre-Emmanuel FalcozPascal Alexandre ThomasYves CastierElie FadelFrançoise Le Pimpec-BarthesFrançois TroncJacques JougonPhilippe LacosteJohanna ClaustreLaurent BrouchetRichard DorentEdward CantuMichael O HarhayRaphael PorcherPierre MordantPublished in: Thorax (2024)
Urgent LT is associated with adverse outcome in the USA and in France with a better prognosis in the US score-based system taking post-transplant survival into account. This difference between two healthcare systems is multifactorial.