Medicalcortexabout 7 years ago

New set of lungs harvested to be implanted in a recipient, most common causes for lung transplant are end-stage pulmonary disease meaning the patient will die if he doesnt recive new lungs; usually in COPD/plumonary fibrosis/cystic fibrosis. The transplant has several types: -lobe of the lung -single lung -both lungs -heart-lung (domino transplant) in which recipient A will recive heart and lung transplant and his own healthy heart is transplanted into recipient B. © @medicalcortex #medicalstudent #medstudent #nurse #respiratory #lungs #lung #heart #cardiology #cardiologia #f4f #l4l #doctor #medschool #surgery #premed #surgeon #usmle #pathology #fibrosis #cysticfibrosis #lungfibrosis #copd