International experience with conversion from cyclosporine to tacrolimus for acute and chronic lung allograft rejection.

Sarahrudi, Kambiz

International experience with conversion from cyclosporine to tacrolimus for acute and chronic lung allograft rejection. [electronic resource] - The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Apr 2004 - 1126-32 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0022-5223

10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.11.009 doi


Acute Disease
Adult
Australia--epidemiology
Azathioprine--therapeutic use
Bronchiolitis Obliterans--drug therapy
Canada--epidemiology
Chronic Disease
Cyclosporine--therapeutic use
Drug Therapy, Combination
Europe--epidemiology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Forced Expiratory Volume--drug effects
Graft Rejection--drug therapy
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary--surgery
Immunosuppressive Agents--therapeutic use
Incidence
Kidney--drug effects
Lung Transplantation--immunology
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications--drug therapy
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive--surgery
Pulmonary Fibrosis--surgery
Retrospective Studies
Tacrolimus--therapeutic use
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome