Imaging of Lung Transplantation

• Published in: Clinics in chest medicine Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 445 - 460
• Main Authors: Kim, Stacy J., Short, Ryan G., Beal, Michael A., Byers, Derek E., Javidan, Cylen, Raptis, Demetrios
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01-06-2024
• Subjects: Chest radiography; Complications after transplant; Computed tomography; Humans; Lung - diagnostic imaging; Lung Diseases - diagnosis; Lung Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Lung Diseases - surgery; Lung transplant; Lung Transplantation; Post-transplant imaging; Postoperative Complications - diagnostic imaging; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Pre-transplant imaging; Rejection; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Rejection; Computed tomography; Lung transplant; Lung transplantation; Post-transplant imaging; Complications after transplant; Chest radiography; Pre-transplant imaging
• ISSN: 0272-5231; 1557-8216; 1557-8216
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2024.02.014

Lung transplantation is the only curative treatment for end-stage lung disease, which is caused by a wide variety of pathologies and encountered in a diverse range of patients. Potential recipients, as well as donors are carefully evaluated by imaging prior to transplant for contraindications to the transplant. After transplantation, recipients are imaged in the immediate, early, intermediate, and late periods for complications that may arise and require intervention. Radiography and computed tomography are the 2 most commonly used imaging modalities used to evaluate the chest after lung transplantation.