Until he underwent a successful double-lung transplant last year, his own life was in jeopardy.

When that critical time appears on the horizon, a growing number of patients seek a double-lung transplant, an operation as risky as a heart transplant.

Hardy also led the team responsible for performing a double-lung transplant that left the heart in place, in 1987.

A double-lung transplant, also known as a bilateral transplant, can be executed either sequentially, en bloc, or simultaneously.

The first double-lung transplant, like Mrs. Call's, was performed in 1986.

Once healthy, the 35-year-old Mr. Peoples has been told by doctors that he will need a double-lung transplant.

He died at Methodist Hospital in Houston after receiving two double-lung transplants and his long struggle with pulmonary fibrosis.

She announced her resignation on April 18, 2007, effective on May 13, in order to spend more time with her husband, who had a double-lung transplant.

A single-lung transplant (receiving one lung) is done more often than a double-lung transplant (receiving two lungs).

Its surgeons conducted the world's first double-lung transplant in 1986.