The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
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J. Heart Lung Transplant. · Apr 2012
Revisiting the pathologic finding of diffuse alveolar damage after lung transplantation.
Diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) is a non-specific pathologic diagnosis frequently encountered after lung transplantation. We examined the relationship between DAD and different forms of chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD). ⋯ Early DAD is associated with early mortality and BOS, and late new-onset DAD increases the risk of RAS.