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Comment
. 2021 Sep;9(9):e90.
doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00288-5. Epub 2021 Jul 2.

Lung transplantation for COVID-19-associated ARDS - Authors' reply

Ankit Bharat  1 , Konrad Hoetzenecker  2 , Tiago N Machuca  3
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Lung transplantation for COVID-19-associated ARDS - Authors' reply

Ankit Bharat et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2021 Sep.
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Irrecoverable lung injury in COVID-19-associated ARDS Contrasting appearance of a COVID-19-afflicted lung (left) and a healthy lung (right). Explanted lungs from patients with severe COVID-19-associated ARDS undergoing double-lung transplantation typically have diffuse parenchymal fibrosis and pneumonitis associated with haemorrhage, necrosis, hilar lymphadenopathy, obliteration of anatomical planes, and pleural thickening. ARDS=acute respiratory distress syndrome.
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  • Early outcomes after lung transplantation for severe COVID-19: a series of the first consecutive cases from four countries.
    Bharat A, Machuca TN, Querrey M, Kurihara C, Garza-Castillon R Jr, Kim S, Manerikar A, Pelaez A, Pipkin M, Shahmohammadi A, Rackauskas M, Kg SR, Balakrishnan KR, Jindal A, Schaheen L, Hashimi S, Buddhdev B, Arjuna A, Rosso L, Palleschi A, Lang C, Jaksch P, Budinger GRS, Nosotti M, Hoetzenecker K. Bharat A, et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2021 May;9(5):487-497. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00077-1. Epub 2021 Mar 31. Lancet Respir Med. 2021. PMID: 33811829 Free PMC article.
  • Lung transplantation for COVID-19-associated ARDS.
    Lepper PM, Langer F, Wilkens H, Schäfers HJ, Bals R. Lepper PM, et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2021 Sep;9(9):e88. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00278-2. Epub 2021 Jul 2. Lancet Respir Med. 2021. PMID: 34224673 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
  • Lung transplantation for COVID-19-associated ARDS.
    Messika J, Schmidt M, Tran-Dinh A, Mordant P. Messika J, et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2021 Sep;9(9):e89. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00279-4. Epub 2021 Jul 2. Lancet Respir Med. 2021. PMID: 34224676 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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