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University of Virginia lung transplant program has the nation's highest survival rate

Published in Blood Weekly, February 22nd, 2007

Changes to the medications given to recuperating organ recipients have helped the lung transplant program at the University of Virginia Health System achieve the best one-year patient survival rate in the nation.

Announced by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, the one-year survival rate at UVa was 98.08% compared to 87.6% nationwide. UVa's results involved 52 first-time lung transplant recipients and were achieved between January 1, 2003 and June 30, 2005.

During that same period, 81.4% of UVa's lung transplant recipients reached the three-year survival milestone, far exceeding the 68.3% who achieved that milestone nationally.

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