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Lung Transplant

Guest: Philip J. Spencer, M.D.

Hosts: Malcom Bell, M.D.

Lung transplant has evolved over the last 4 decades to be come the only “durable” treatment for end stage lung failure and pulmonary hypertension. Long-term survival remains a challenge however is improving with time while the severity of illness we can treat continues to expand

Topics Discussed:

• What patients are we currently treating with lung transplantation and how has this changed over time.
• What tools have evolved over the last 10-15 years that have increased our ability to expand lung transplantation to older and more severely ill patients?
• What areas do you see as a focus for improvement in the next decade in the field of lung transplantation?

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