A study on donor lungs preserved outside the body before transplantation demonstrated that the hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion (HOPE) technique is a safe and effective lung preservation ...

When receiving a lung transplant, one of the most important complications to look out for is chronic lung allograft dysfunction, known as CLAD. Preventing this complication for those who receive a ...

The use of twice-daily immediate-release tacrolimus in lung transplant recipients is associated with lower rates of chronic lung allograft dysfunction and improved overall survival compared to ...

Ann Sidesinger could barely walk 10 feet. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis had made her lungs thick and stiff. Even with an ...

Satish N. Nadig, MD, PhD, Chief of the Division of Abdominal Organ Transplant and Director of the Northwestern Medicine ...

After living with cystic fibrosis for over 20 years, Nicole Heller, of Norwalk, received a second chance at life through a ...

Have you ever heard of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)? Better yet, can you pronounce idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?

Heller said she received a double lung transplant on Aug. 12, 2015, about a month before her 21st birthday. Her donor was a 17-year-old boy named Jordan, who had died in a car accident.

When receiving a lung transplant, one of the most important complications to look out for is chronic lung allograft ...