1 MD. Attending Physician, Thoracic Surgery Service, Lung Transplant Group, Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR.
2 MD, PhD. Full Professor, Thoracic Surgery Program, Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR; Director, Scientific Department, Associação Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo (SP), Brazil.