Heart-lung transplantation is a complex surgical procedure in which a patient's diseased heart and both lungs are removed together and replaced with healthy organs from a single deceased donor. It is reserved for people with combined end-stage cardiac and pulmonary failure, such as severe pulmonary hypertension with…
Heart-lung transplantation is a complex surgical procedure in which a patient's diseased heart and both lungs are removed together and replaced with healthy organs from a single deceased donor. It is reserved for people with combined end-stage cardiac and pulmonary failure, such as severe pulmonary hypertension with associated heart damage, complex congenital heart disease with irreversible lung involvement, or advanced cystic fibrosis affecting both organ systems. Because the heart and lungs are transplanted as a single block, the operation demands precise surgical technique, careful donor-recipient matching, and intensive perioperative care. After surgery, recipients require lifelong immunosuppression to prevent the immune system from rejecting the grafts, along with ongoing monitoring for rejection, infection, and long-term complications. As one of the most demanding transplant procedures, heart-lung transplantation can be life-saving for carefully selected patients who have exhausted other treatment options. Organ Transplantation publishes peer-reviewed research across the field of solid-Organ Transplantation, including studies of post-transplant complications, immunosuppressive therapy, long-term outcomes such as chronic pain after lung transplantation, and the ethical and practical questions surrounding organ donation and allocation. This page gathers open-access work relevant to transplantation medicine and the clinical management of organ recipients.
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