Outcomes of lung transplantation for idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis.

Haruhiko ShiiyaJun NakajimaHiroshi DateToyofumi Fengshi Chen-YoshikawaKiminobu TanizawaTomohiro HandaTakahiro OtoShinji OtaniToshio ShiotaniYoshinori OkadaYasushi MatsudaTakeshi ShiraishiToshihiko MorogaMasato MinamiSoichiro FunakiMasayuki ChidaIchiro YoshinoGo HatachiYukari UemuraMasaaki Sato

Published in: Surgery today (2021)

Despite extrapulmonary problems such as a flat chest, low BMI, and associated restrictive impairment persisting in patients with IPPFE, patient survival after LT for IPPFE or IPF was equivalent.

Keyphrases

mental health
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
case report
body mass index
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
skeletal muscle