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.
They were parallel over most of their course, forming a corridor 550 feet wide. These walls played a vital part in the history of Athens during the Classical period, for they allowed it to carry the supplies brought in by its powerful fleet in safety to the city, even when enemy forces roamed the Attic countryside.