A new technique in lung transplantation could save many more lives. Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute says it has adopted practices known as "lungs in a box" and "lungs in a fridge" ...

Last year, surgeons performed 148 lung transplants, the most in a single year since Northwestern's lung transplant program ...

More than 2,500 patients are currently waiting for that lifesaving transplant in Michigan. More than 100,000 are waiting ...

The medical world is celebrating two innovative technologies Northwestern Medicine is using to help give patients a new ...

With 103 lung transplants and one heart-lung transplant in 2024, MHH is the leader in the Eurotransplant network. The lung transplant team relies on minimally invasive procedures and innovative ...

Early acute rejection following lung transplantation can be safely detected and graded by transbronchial biopsy via bronchoscopy.

Lung transplant recipients are highly susceptible to infection, the researchers noted, and P. aeruginosa is a leading cause ...

Northwestern Medicine is celebrating a milestone after performing a record number of lung transplants using new technology ...

A large team of surgeons and organ transplant researchers affiliated with multiple institutions across the U.S. has found an association between lung transplant patients who become infected with the ...

?] Pulmonary arterial hypertension happens when the arteries that carry blood from your heart to your lungs get narrow or blocked. This makes the blood pressure inside these arteries go up, and ...

Researchers reported that a lung MRI technique that uses inhaled gas can identify early patchy lung defects in patients with ...

CHICAGO — Doctors at Northwestern Medicine say medical innovations helped them achieve two medical milestones last year: the largest number of lung transplants in a single year and the shortest ...