Impact of flat chest on waitlist mortality in adult patients with pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis listed for lung transplantation.

JHLT Open · 2026 · PMC12936945 · PMID 41768799

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did not reach statistical significanceP = 0.058so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

A history of pneumothorax was more frequent in the low APDT/TDT group, although this did not reach statistical significance ( P = 0.058).

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a nonsignificant trendno p-value reported

8 French study reported a high early mortality rate of 32% among 31 patients with PPFE, with a nonsignificant trend toward higher early mortality in those with a flat chest compared with those without (70% vs. 48%). 9 These findings further support the potential benefit for performing LT before chest flattening becomes advanced.

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