TABLE 5.
Cause of death for patients receiving lung and heart transplants (n=116)
| Cause of death | Overall, n (%) |
Survival, n |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1 year | 1 to 5 years | >5 years | ||
| Infection | 26 (22) | 10 | 8 | 8 |
| Bronchiolitis obliterans | 24 (20) | 3 | 12 | 9 |
| Malignancy | 14 (12) | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Bronchial dehiscence | 12 (10) | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Acute rejection | 8 (7) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Immediate graft failure | 7 (6) | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Gastrointestinal complication | 4 (3) | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 21 (21) | 10 | 9 | 2 |
Other casuses of death include cardiovascular disease, coagulopathies, intracranial air emboli, hemorrhage, renal failure, complications to scleroderma and unknown