PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Walker A Julliard
AU  - Keith C Meyer
AU  - Nilto C De Oliveira
AU  - Satoru Osaki
AU  - Richard C Cornwell
AU  - David A Sonetti
AU  - James D Maloney
TI  - The presence or severity of pulmonary hypertension does not affect outcomes for single-lung transplantation
AID  - 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207354
DP  - 2016 May 01
TA  - Thorax
PG  - 478--480
VI  - 71
IP  - 5
4099  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/71/5/478.short
4100  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/71/5/478.full
SO  - Thorax2016 May 01; 71
AB  - Advanced lung disease (ALD) that requires lung transplantation (LTX) is frequently associated with pulmonary hypertension (PH). Whether the presence of PH significantly affects the outcomes following single-lung transplantation (SLT) remains controversial. Therefore, we retrospectively examined the outcomes of 279 consecutive SLT recipients transplanted at our centre, and the patients were split into four groups based on their mean pulmonary artery pressure values. Outcomes, including long-term survival and primary graft dysfunction, did not differ significantly for patients with versus without PH, even when PH was severe. We suggest that SLT can be performed safely in patients with ALD-associated PH.