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Ex vivo bilateral pulmonary embolectomy for donor lungs prior to transplantation.

Shihata M, Ghorpade N, Lien D, Modry D

Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. mshihata@gmail.com

Pulmonary arterial embolic disease of donor lungs is a known entity. Its implications on the technicality, the perioperative management, and the outcome of lung transplantation depend on the extent of the embolic disease and the indicators of lung function at the time of procurement. We report a case of lung transplantation from a donor who was known to have significant acute pulmonary embolic disease and the perioperative management used to optimize the outcome.

Published 23 May 2008 in Ann Thorac Surg, 85(6): 2110-2.
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