Incidence and Risk Factors for Clinically Significant Oropharyngeal Dysphagia After Lung Transplantation.

Aspiration is one of many risk factors for chronic lung allograft dysfunction, which continues to limit survival in lung transplant recipients. Oropharyngeal dysphagia (OPD) occurring after lung transplant surgery increases the risk of antegrade aspiration. While the incidence and risk factors for OPD have been well described in cardiac surgery, there is less known in the lung transplant population.

Triple-Organ Transplantation: Dual Heart-Kidney Transplantation After Lung Transplantation.

We present a patient with a history of lung transplantation who subsequently underwent dual heart-kidney transplantation for nonischemic cardiomyopathy and chronic kidney disease, becoming one of the rare cases of triple-organ transplantation. This case underscores the evolving challenges and successes in managing complex transplant recipients.

The Association between the Pulsatile Choroidal Volume Change and Ocular Rigidity.

Purpose: To assess the relationship between the pulsatile choroidal volume change (ΔV) and ocular rigidity (OR), an important biomechanical property of the eye.

Design: This is a prospective cross-sectional study.

Subjects: Two hundred seventeen participants (235 eyes) were included in this study.

Characterizing Macular Neovascularization in Myopic Macular Degeneration and Age-Related Macular Degeneration Using Swept Source OCTA.

Purpose: Visual prognosis and treatment burden for macular neovascularization (MNV) can differ between myopic macular degeneration (MMD) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). We describe and compare MNV associated with MMD and AMD using swept-source (SS)-OCTA.

Patients And Methods: Adult patients with documented MNV associated with MMD or AMD were consecutively recruited.

Comparative study of widefield swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography in eyes with concomitant age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.

Background/aims: We sought to evaluate widefield swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (WF SS-OCTA) among eyes with concomitant age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetes mellitus or diabetic retinopathy (DM/DR).

Methods: This cross-sectional, comparative study consisted of three study groups: eyes with (1) AMD and DM/DR, (2) AMD alone and (3) DM/DR alone. WF SS-OCTA (3×3, 6×6 and 12×12 mm) images were captured.