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Author Spotlight: Advancing Lung Transplant Immunology Through Intravital Imaging
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Imaging of Lung Transplantation
Stacy J Kim1, Ryan G Short1, Michael A Beal1
1Department of Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, Campus Box 8131, 510 S. Kingshighway Boulevard, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Abstract:
Lung transplantation is the only curative treatment for end-stage lung disease, which is caused by a wide variety of pathologies and encountered in a diverse range of patients. Potential recipients, as well as donors are carefully evaluated by imaging prior to transplant for contraindications to the transplant. After transplantation, recipients are imaged in the immediate, early, intermediate, and late periods for complications that may arise and require intervention. Radiography and computed tomography are the 2 most commonly used imaging modalities used to evaluate the chest after lung transplantation.
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