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. 2021 Dec;40(12):1483-1494.
doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2021.08.006. Epub 2021 Aug 26.

Swallowing and laryngeal complications in lung and heart transplantation: Etiologies and diagnosis

Rebecca J Black  1 , Daniel Novakovic  2 , Marshall Plit  3 , Anna Miles  4 , Peter MacDonald  2 , Catherine Madill  2
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Swallowing and laryngeal complications in lung and heart transplantation: Etiologies and diagnosis

Rebecca J Black et al. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2021 Dec.
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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] J Heart Lung Transplant. 2022 Feb;41(2):268. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2021.12.001. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2022. PMID: 35086667 No abstract available.

Abstract

Despite continued surgical advancements in the field of cardiothoracic transplantation, post-operative complications remain a burden for the patient and the multidisciplinary team. Lesser-known complications including swallowing disorders (dysphagia), and voice disorders (dysphonia), are now being reported. Such disorders are known to be associated with increased morbidity and mortality in other medical populations, however their etiology amongst the heart and lung transplant populations has received little attention in the literature. This paper explores the potential mechanisms of oropharyngeal dysphagia and dysphonia following transplantation and discusses optimal modalities of diagnostic evaluation and management. A greater understanding of the implications of swallowing and laryngeal dysfunction in the heart and lung transplant populations is important to expedite early diagnosis and management in order to optimize patient outcomes, minimize allograft injury and improve quality of life.

Keywords: dysphagia; dysphonia; laryngeal; swallowing; voice.

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Disclosure statement The authors have no conflict of interest to declare. This work was conducted at St Vincent's hospital, Sydney and was partially funded from the trust funds of the department of thoracic medicine. The production of the manuscript was supported by the Dr Liang voice programme at the University of Sydney.

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