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[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_separator][vc_column_text css=””]Here at University of Texas at San Antonio UT San Antonio, we treat all forms of end stage thoracic disease, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) \/ emphysema, interstitial lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy, and pulmonary hypertension.<\/p>\n

We were the first program in North America to perform a single lung transplant for COPD \/ emphysema when Dr. J. Kent Trinkle performed it in January 1988.<\/p>\n

We were also the first program in the world to perform a lung transplant for pulmonary hypertension which Dr. Trinkle performed in 1989.<\/p>\n

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