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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003;126:2106
© 2003 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the editor

Lobar transplantation

Steven Haddy, MDa, Vaughn A. Starnes, MDb

a Departments of Anesthesiology, Keck School of Medicine,University of Southern California,Los Angeles, Calif, USA
b Department of Cardiac Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA

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To the Editor:

In their communication detailing their observations of the detrimental effects of hyperinflation of transplanted lungs, Kozower and colleagues1 speculate that patients receiving lobar transplants may be at even greater risk for this complication due to the greater potential for size disparity between lobe and hemithorax. This is indeed the case as we have recently reported.2 We believe . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Benjamin Kozower and Bryan Meyers
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2003 126: 2106. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]





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