immune disorders
Lung and Heart Lung Transplantation
Introduction
Lung transplantation is the surgical removal of a healthy lung or part of a lung from a living person and then its transfer into someone whose lungs no longer function. Heart-lung transplantation is the surgical removal of both the heart and lungs from a recently deceased person and then their transfer into someone whose heart and lungs no longer function. (See also Overview of Transplantation and Lung transplantation is done for people whose lungs no longer function. Most recipients are people who have one of the following disorders: Severe (COPD) Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis None Cystic Fibrosis (CF) None Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency None Primary Pulmonary Hypertension None One or both lungs can be transplanted. When a lung disorder has also damaged the heart, one or both lungs and a heart may be transplanted at the same time. Single and double lung procedures are about equally common and are at least 8 times more common than heart-lung transplantation. Because preserving a lung for transplantation is difficult, lung transplantation must be done as soon as possible after a lung has been obtained. The percentage of people who survive after receiving a lung transplant is At 1 year: Over 80% At 5 years: Over 50% A heart-lung transplant is done for Certain heart abnormalities that are present at birth (for example, Eisenmenger syndrome ) A severe lung disorder that has also caused heart damage Both Donors and recipients undergo 