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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: When to Refer a Patient for a Lung Transplant
Description: Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. [@chutkaMD]
Guest: Kelly Pennington, M.D.
Guest: Sahar Saddoughi, M.D., Ph.D.
The lung is one of the most common organs transplanted, trailing transplants of kidney, liver, and heart, with over 2600 performed in 2022. Lung transplantation may involve transplanting either one or both lungs, and occasionally performed together with a heart transplant. Although some patients with a lung transplant have lived more than 10 years, only about half are alive after 5 years. In this podcast, we’ll discuss “When to Refer a Patient for a Lung Transplant”. Who’s a cand...