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Does lung allocation score maximize survival benefit from lung transplantation?  Mark J. Russo, MD, MS, Berhane Worku, MD, Alexander Iribarne, MD, MS,

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1 Does lung allocation score maximize survival benefit from lung transplantation? 
Mark J. Russo, MD, MS, Berhane Worku, MD, Alexander Iribarne, MD, MS, Kimberly N. Hong, MHSA, Jonathan A. Yang, MD, Wickii Vigneswaran, MD, Joshua R. Sonett, MD  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  Volume 141, Issue 5, Pages (May 2011) DOI: /j.jtcvs Copyright © 2011 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Waitlist outcomes, including the percentage of candidates, stratified by LAS-L, who (A) died on the waiting list, (B) underwent transplantation, and (C) were alive on the waiting list as a function of the number of days accrued on the waiting list. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jtcvs ) Copyright © 2011 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Median posttransplant survival stratified by LAS-T, median waitlist survival by LAS-L, and the median net survival benefit of transplantation by LAS-T. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jtcvs ) Copyright © 2011 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 LAS at transplant by LAS at listing.
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jtcvs ) Copyright © 2011 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions


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