Lung Ultrasound to Phenotype Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction in Lung Transplant Recipients. A Prospective Observational Study

Lung Ultrasound to Phenotype Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction in Lung Transplant Recipients. A Prospective Observational Study

Background: Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) and restrictive allograft syndrome (RAS) are two distinct phenotypes of chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) in lung transplant (LTx) recipients. Contrary to BOS, RAS can radiologically present with a pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE) pa...

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Main Authors: Jesper Rømhild Davidsen, Christian B. Laursen, Mikkel Højlund, Thomas Kromann Lund, Klaus Nielsen Jeschke, Martin Iversen, Anna Kalhauge, Elisabeth Bendstrup, Jørn Carlsen, Michael Perch, Daniel Pilsgaard Henriksen, Hans Henrik Lawaetz Schultz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome
chronic lung allograft dysfunction
lung transplantation
lung ultrasound
pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis
restrictive allograft syndrome
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/5/1078

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