Three patients underwent re-transplantation for recurrent
BAC (one single lung, one bilateral lung, and one
heart-lung transplantation); one died postoperatively, one
died of recurrence after 21 months, and one is alive without
recurrence almost 7 years after retransplantation. The overall
actuarial 5- and 10-year survival rates for the 26 patients
were 39% and 31%, respectively (Fig 1). The 5-year
recurrence-free survival was 35%. The survival rate was
similar to the overall survival reported by the ISHLT
registry in 13,453 patients undergoing lung transplantation,
with a 5-year survival of 45% and a 10-year survival
of 23%.1