LUNG TRANSPLANTATION IN COPD PATIENTS: IS DONOR AGE A FACTOR?

SESSION TITLE: Wednesday Abstract Posters SESSION TYPE: Original Investigation Posters PRESENTED ON: 10/23/2019 09:45 AM - 10:45 AM PURPOSE: Patients diagnosed as chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) are the candidates who receive the second most lung transplantation (LTx) at our center. As LTx is constrained by an inadequate number of donors, often suitable older donors are used in COPD cases. Many of these patients are candidates for...