1.0The Texas Heart Institute®https://www.texasheart.orgKeri Sprunghttps://www.texasheart.org/author/keri/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="oVpKtvIK95"><a href="https://www.texasheart.org/heart-health/heart-information-center/topics/lung-transplantation/">Lung Transplantation</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasheart.org/heart-health/heart-information-center/topics/lung-transplantation/embed/#?secret=oVpKtvIK95" width="600" height="338" title="“Lung Transplantation” — The Texas Heart Institute®" data-secret="oVpKtvIK95" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.texasheart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/thi-plasticine-lungs-16-by-9.jpg1280720For patients with end-stage lung disease, lung transplantation offers hope for a second chance at life. Today, lung transplantation is a routine treatment, however, it took twenty years of research between the 40s and 60s to perfect the surgery and in August 1968, Dr. Denton A. Cooley conducted the first successful heart-lung transplant in a 2-month-old girl with congestive heart failure and recurrent pneumonia.