Since the inception of lung transplantation (LTx), serial pulmonary function testing (PFT) has been the primary method of quantifying the physiologic performance of the allograft. The spirometric indices have since been the standard benchmark to detect the emergence of chronic allograft dysfunction (CLAD). Historic descriptions of physiologic and histologic findings in the first heart‒lung transplant (HLTx) recipients formed the basis for our initial understanding of chronic dysfunction of the pulmonary allograft.

Chronic lung allograft dysfunction: Definition, diagnostic criteria, and approaches to treatment―A consensus report from the Pulmonary Council of the ISHLT

Calabrese F.;
2019

Abstract

Since the inception of lung transplantation (LTx), serial pulmonary function testing (PFT) has been the primary method of quantifying the physiologic performance of the allograft. The spirometric indices have since been the standard benchmark to detect the emergence of chronic allograft dysfunction (CLAD). Historic descriptions of physiologic and histologic findings in the first heart‒lung transplant (HLTx) recipients formed the basis for our initial understanding of chronic dysfunction of the pulmonary allograft.
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