News tagged with journal of heart and lung transplantation


Vitamin D deficiency shown to increase rejection rates in lung transplant patients

(Medical Xpress) -- Vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increase in lung transplant rejection and infections, according to research conducted at Loyola University Health System (LUHS). Researchers also found that recipients ...

Surgery created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Heart rate recovery predicts clinical worsening in pulmonary hypertension

Heart rate recovery at one minute after a six-minute walking distance (6MWD) test is highly predictive of clinical worsening and time to clinical worsening in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH), ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0