Hiroaki Konishi

TL;DR: Recipients with obliterative bronchiolitis detected in the preclinical stage were significantly more likely to be in remission than recipients who had clinical disease at the time of diagnosis and results indicate that acute rejection is the most significant risk factor for development of obliteration and that obliteration responds to treatment with augmented immunosuppression when it is detected early by surveillance transbronchial biopsy.

TL;DR: The hazard for death, infection, and rejection after pulmonary transplantation appears biphasic, and prevention of cytomegalovirus disease should improve survival by decreasing the prevalence of infection and rejection.

TL;DR: Bilateral lung transplantation may be a more satisfactory option for patients with pulmonary hypertension with simple congenital heart disease, absent coronary arterial disease, and preserved left ventricular function.

TL;DR: Although the presence of bacterial, fungal, and viral infections was similar in the two groups, ACR occurred less frequently in the FK- treated group as compared with the CsA-treated group in the early postoperative period (< 90 days).

TL;DR: Despite a shortage of donor organs, single-lung transplantation may be suboptimal therapy in patients with PH, and further study comparing single versus bilateral lung transplantation for PH is necessary.