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[Heart-lung transplantation in children]
P R Vouhe1, P Dartevelle, J Y Neveux
1Service de Chirurgie thoracique et cardio-vasculaire, Hôpital Laennec, Paris.
Revue De Pneumologie Clinique
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Heart-lung transplantation is usually performed in children for heart disease (congenital cardiopathies with left-right shunt); pulmonary or cardio-pulmonary lesions are less frequent indications. Factors that limit that type of surgery are the small number of suitable donors, the need for a favourable social and familial environment and certain ethical problems.