The role of echocardiographic parameters in predicting survival of patients with lung diseases referred for lung transplantation

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) show poor prognosis. The importance of left (LV) and right (RV) ventricular morphology and function in patients with end-stage lung diseases referred for lung transplantation (LT) is not well established.To assess whether LV and RV echocardiographic parameters influence survival of patients with IPF, COPD and other interstitial lung diseases (ILD) awaiting LT.In...