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Interaction between components of treatment and current clinical practice in lung transplantation.

Once the candidate for lung transplantation has attended a qualified transplantation center, the decision about whether to place the patient on the waiting list is made taking account of the patient’s individual disease-specific factors and any contraindications. To optimize long-term results, intensive pneumological support and aftercare in the transplantation centers and obligatory close collaboration with patients’ doctors and local hospitals are essential. If the various elements of therapy interact successfully together, a new lung can mean a new quality of life.

(LAS, lung allocation score)