International society for heart and lung transplantation

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION PRESIDENT Anne Keogh, MBBS, MD, Sydney, Australia PRESIDENT-ELECT James B. Young, MD, Cleveland, OH PAST PRESIDENT Robert L. Kormos, MD, Pittsburgh, PA SECRETARY/TREASURER Alec Patterson, MD, St. Louis, MO DIRECTORS Linda J. Addonizio, MD, New York, NY Robert C. Bourge, MD, Birmingham, AL Sabina M. De Geest, RN, PhD, Basel, Switzerland Axel Haverich, MD, Hannover, Germany Marshall Hertz, MD, Minneapolis, MN Mehmet C. Oz, MD, New York, NY W. Steves Ring, MD, Dallas, TX Robert C. Robbins, MD, Stanford, CA Stephan Schueler, MD, Dresden, Germany Susan Stewart, FRCPath, Cambridge, United Kingdom David O. Taylor, MD, Salt Lake City, UT JHLT EDITOR James K. Kirklin, MD, Birmingham, AL REGISTRY MEDICAL DIRECTOR Jeffrey D. Hosenpud, MD, Milwaukee, WI

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STAFF Amanda W. Rowe Executive Director Phyllis Glenn Assistant Executive Director Director of Membership Services Lisa Ramirez Director of Meetings Hope Wiley Executive Assistant 14673 Midway Road, Suite 200 Addison TX 75001 Phone: 972-490-9495 Fax: 972-490-9499 [email protected] www.ishlt.org

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

February 2001

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