[Heart-lung transplantation and cystic fibrosis. Indications and results].

Background: Heart lung transplantation for++ cystic fibrosis is now performed in patients with severe lung disease but the experience is still scarce with the exception of some specialized centers.

Patients And Methods: Twenty-one patients underwent heart-lung transplantation between September 1989 and November 1994 in our institution, with a high standard of reliability in tracheal anastomosis and with a low incidence of hospital mortality (5%).

Results: The actuarial patient survival is 90.