Lung transplantation meet begins today

Jubilee Hills: A two-day congress on management of advanced lung diseases and lung transplantation starts on Saturday. The Apollo Heart and Lung Transplant Institute at Apollo Hospitals, in collaboration with Montefiore Medical Center, New York, is hosting the event.

Lung transplantation is increasingly becoming the preferred option of treatment. There are nearly 50,000 patients in India who are likely to be benefitted by lung transplantation.

There are 30 million chronic obstructive lung disease patients in India. As it is a progressive disease, the end stage patients will benefit from Lung transplantation. COPD is the leading cause for lung transplantation throughout the world.

Similarly Primary pulmonary hypertension, a condition in which pressures in lung blood vessels increase without a known cause, is a very common problem in our country.

It is the under diagnosed, under treated, under estimated, silent killer. Patients with Primary pulmonary hypertension can benefit from optimisation of medication and Lung transplantation.