Original article: General thoracicRole of lung reduction in lung transplant candidates with pulmonary emphysema
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2002, Annals of Thoracic SurgeryCitation Excerpt :A search of the University of Pittsburgh Lung Transplant Candidate Registry was performed using the search terms thoracotomy, thoracoscopic, lung reduction, and emphysema. Our selection criteria for candidacy for LTx and LVRS and our evaluation protocols at the University of Pittsburgh have been published previously [7]. Criteria for selection of patients for LTx after LVRS included (1) a postbronchodilator FEV1 less than 30% predicted with evidence of a rapid decline in pulmonary function over time or a decline in functional status or an increase in the frequency of exacerbations; (2) requirement for supplemental oxygen at rest; (3) New York Heart Association functional class 3 or 4 dyspnea or class 2 dyspnea with an elevated arterial carbon dioxide tension;, (4) hypercarbia; (5) signs of secondary pulmonary hypertension; and (6) aged 65 years or less.
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Presented at the Poster Session of the Thirty-second Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Orlando, FL, Jan 29–31, 1996.