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Indication

Lung transplants may be recommended for patients with severe lung disease such as:

• permanent enlargement of air sacs (alveoli) with loss of ability to completely exhale (emphysema)
• hereditary lung blockages (cystic fibrosis)
• long-term (chronic) infections (sarcoidosis)
• permanent scarring and thickening of lung tissue (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis)

Review Date: 1/18/2008
Reviewed By: Andrew Schriber, MD, FCCP, Specialist in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, New Jersey. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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