The Transplanted Organs
The Thoracic Organs
Dr. Starzl’s interest in thoracic transplantation was reflected in his co-authorship of approximately 3 dozen publications on heart or lung transplantation. His role in most of the cases was to assist in the transfer of immunosuppression advances made with the kidney and liver [ref 1]. The only thoracic paper from Colorado described the first documented example of hyperacute rejection of a cardiac allograft [ref 2] (See The Science & Politics of Tissue Matching). The most highly cited Pittsburgh thoracic paper on which Dr. Starzl was an author was a report of combined heart and liver transplantation in a child with hypercholesterolemia (Figure 1) [ref 3].
Publications cited in this Discussion and all publications incorporated under the heading of Thoracic Organ Transplantation are graphically illustrated in Figure 2 and Figure 3 respectively. Heat map summary of individual article citations is provided in Figure 4.
References
- Todo S, Fung JJ, Starzl TE, Tzakis A, Demetris AJ, Kormos R, Jain A, Alessiani M, Takaya S: Liver, kidney, and thoracic organ transplantation under FK 506. Ann Surg 212:295-305, 1990.
https://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/4494/ - Weil R III, Clarke DR, Iwaki Y, Porter KA, Koep LJ, Paton BC, Terasaki PI, Starzl TE: Hyperacute rejection of a transplanted human heart. Transplantation 32:71-72, 1981.
https://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/3852/ - Starzl TE, Bilheimer DW, Bahnson HT, Shaw BW Jr, Hardesty RL, Griffith BP, Iwatsuki S, Zitelli BJ, Gartner JC Jr, Malatack JJ, Urbach AH: Heart-liver transplantation in a patient with familial hypercholesterolemia. Lancet 1:1382-1383, 1984.
https://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/3958/ - See Thoracic Organs Appendix for complete references and rank order citations