Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Lung transplantation was first performed in 1963, but the real increase in performed transplantations occurred in the last twenty years.Leading indications for lung transplantation are: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary arterial hypertension, and sarcoidosis.Careful selection of donors is extremely important for prognosis after transplantation.Physicians should consider lung transplantation as a therapeutic option and follow the guidelines on the indications for transplantation so patients could be sent on time to a referral center for all the necessary examinations and preparation for recruiting to the waiting list.Department for Lung Diseases Jordanovac, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, is a referral center for lung transplantation in Croatia.The Department is performing processing and preparing patients for transplantation as well as follow them during post-transplantation period.
Language: Croatian
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1885347853