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Lung Transplants: The Least-Transplanted Major Organ

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Published: August 2, 2020 by RHJ Producer

Lung transplants are the least done of all major organ transplants because the lungs are so easily damaged in the death process. A lung transplant surgeon explains, using one particularly difficult case as an example.


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  • Dr. Abbas Ardehali, Professor of Surgery and Medicine and Director of Heart, Lung, and Heart-Lung Transplant Programs, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Links for more info:

  • UCLA Health Profile: Dr. Abbas Ardehali
Program #: 20-31Segment Type: Feature StoriesTopics: Lung Transplant| Organ Transplants| Public Health| Public Health and Public Safety| SurgeryMedical Conditions: Cancer| Lung CancerGuests: Dr. Abbas ArdehaliInstitutions & Organizations: UCLA Geffen School of Medicine| University of California| University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)Producers: Jason Dickey
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