Advanced Immunoclinical Phenotyping of Rejection in Lung Transplant

Patients who received lung transplant and undergoing surveillance follow-up at 1, 3, 6, 12, 24 months after the date of lung transplant, but without consenting to be evaluated by hyperbolized gas MRI. Bronchoscopy sampling will be performed per usual lung transplant team protocol.

Patients who received lung transplant and undergoing surveillance follow-up at 1, 3, 6, 12, 24 months after the date of lung transplant and with consenting to be evaluated by hyperbolized has MRI. Bronchoscopy sampling will be guided by the results of the hyper polarized gas MRI, different from the usual lung transplant team protocol. Administration of hyper polarized gas MRI is under FDA regulation by IND #129769 (PI, Yun Michael Shim, MD)