Liver-first strategy for a combined lung and liver transplant in patients with cystic fibrosis.
Khalil AburahmaJawad SalmanBastian EngelFlorian W R VondranMark GreerDietmar BoethigThierry SiemeniMurat AvsarNicolaus SchwerkCarsten MüllerRichard TaubertMarius M HoeperTobias WelteHans H WedemeyerNicolas RichterGregor WarneckeIgor TudoracheAxel HaverichChristian KuehnGerrit GrannasFabio IusPublished in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2021)
A lung-liver transplant did not impair lung graft function. The lower prevalence of donor-specific antibodies and the better freedom from lung biopsy-confirmed rejection suggest tolerogenic effects of the liver graft.