This article highlights trends and changes in lung and heart–lung transplantation in the
United States from 1999 to 2008. While adult lung transplantation grew significantly over the
past decade, rates of heart–lung and pediatric lung transplantation have remained low.
Since implementation of the lung allocation score (LAS) donor allocation system in 2005,
decreases in the number of active waiting list patients, waiting times for lung transplantation
and death rates on the waiting list have occurred. However, characteristics of recipients …