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1 Lobar Lung Transplantation: A Relevant Surgical Option in the Current Era of Lung Allocation Score 
Norihisa Shigemura, MD, Jonathan D'Cunha, MD, Jay K. Bhama, MD, Akira Shiose, MD, Ashraf Abou El Ela, MD, Amy Hackmann, MD, Diana Zaldonis, MPH, BSN, Yoshiya Toyoda, MD, Joseph M. Pilewski, MD, James D. Luketich, MD, Christian A. Bermudez, MD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 96, Issue 2, Pages (August 2013) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 The height (inches) distribution of patients with restrictive lung diseases listed for transplant at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in 2011 and registered donors in our area. Overall 63% of potential recipients were less than 65 inches tall whereas their size-matched donors (less than 60 inches tall) comprised only 8% of all registered local donors. (Yellow = 71 to 75 inches; yellow-green = 66 to 70 inches; green = 61 to 65 inches; blue-green = 56 to 60 inches; red = 51 to 55 inches.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions


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