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Article: Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation.(Book review)
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- Respiratory Care
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- August 1, 2007
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Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation. Joseph P Lynch III and David J Ross, editors. Lung Biology in Health and Disease, volume 217, Claude Lenfant, executive editor. Boca Raton: Informa/Taylor & Francis. 2006. Hard cover, illustrated, 947 pages, $199.95.
Twenty-six and twenty-four years have passed since the first successful human heart-lung transplantation and the first successful human lung transplantation. Since then over 2,500 heart-lung transplant and 22,000 lung transplant procedures have been performed worldwide. Lung and heart-lung transplantation have become established therapies for patients with advanced lung disease. The annual volume of lung ...