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Predictors of Long-Term Exercise Capacity in Patients Who Have Had Lung Transplantation.

Prog Transplant

September 2018

3 Indiana University Health, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Thoracic Transplantation Program, Indianapolis, IN, USA.

Introduction: Six-minute walk distance (6MWD) is a widely used surrogate for exercise capacity in patients both pre- and post-lung transplant. Multiple factors have been suggested to influence exercise capacity.

Research Questions: This study sought to determine the change in exercise capacity over time and factors that influence long-term exercise capacity.

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Partnerships between academic and clinical-based health organizations are becoming increasingly important in improving health outcomes. Mutuality is recognized as a vital component of these partnerships. If partnerships are to achieve mutuality, there is a need to define what it means to partnering organizations.

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Eliminating Xenoantigen Expression on Swine RBC.

Transplantation

March 2017

1 Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN. 2 Department of Surgery, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN. 3 Indiana University Health Transplant Institute, Indianapolis, IN.

Background: The rapidly improving tools of genetic engineering may make it possible to overcome the humoral immune barrier that prevents xenotransplantation. We hypothesize that levels of human antibody binding to donor tissues from swine must approximate the antibody binding occurring in allotransplantation. It is uncertain if this is an attainable goal.

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