Episode 53: Pollution exposure in the first 3 months post-lung transplant

On this episode of JHLT: The Podcast, the Digital Media Editors invite lead author Chung-Wai Chow, MD, PhD, FRCPC, to discuss the paper, “Pollution exposure in the first 3 months post transplant is associated with lower baseline FEV1 and higher CLAD risk.”

Dr. Chow is a transplant pulmonologist and clinician scientist at the University of Toronto, with work focusing on investigating air pollution’s impact on chronic lung diseases and developing improved methods to assess lung function.

The episode explores:

• Measurement methods for home and personal air pollution exposures
• Specific pollutants like black carbon and their effects on patients after lung transplant
• Practical advice for mitigating these effects

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Those on heart transplant teams should tune in again later this month for a Scandinavian study that performs long-term follow ups with patients on the nephrotoxic effects of CNIs.

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