Cleveland Clinic Study: Using Lungs From Increased-Risk Donors Expands Donor Pool While Maintaining Current Survival Rates
December 05, 2019
December 05, 2019
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 5 -- The Cleveland Clinic issued the following news release:
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- Currently, there are nearly 1,500 people waiting for a lung transplant in the U.S.
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Cleveland Clinic researchers have found that using lungs from donors who are considered high risk for certain infectious diseases compared to standard risk donors results in similar one-year survival for recipients. In addition, researchers saw no difference in reject . . .
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- Currently, there are nearly 1,500 people waiting for a lung transplant in the U.S.
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Cleveland Clinic researchers have found that using lungs from donors who are considered high risk for certain infectious diseases compared to standard risk donors results in similar one-year survival for recipients. In addition, researchers saw no difference in reject . . .