Patients considering lung transplant MUST be off cigarettes completely for at least one year before an evaluation for transplant will be scheduled. Patients with COPD usually receive a double lung transplant, although a single lung transplant occasionally may be considered. Restrictive Lung Diseases. Pulmonary Fibrosis and Sarcoidosis
The Ionic column is always more slender than the Doric: Ionic columns are eight and nine column-diameters tall, and even more in the Antebellum colonnades of late American Greek revival plantation houses.
The Parthenon serenely fulfilled its function as the religious centre of Athens for over a thousand years. However, in the 5th century CE the pagan temple was converted into a church by the early Christians. An apse was added to the east end which required the removal of part of the east frieze.