Lung Transplantation from Donors after Circulatory Death Using Portable Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion

BACKGROUND: Donation after circulatory death is a novel method of increasing the number of donor lungs available for transplantation. Using organs from donors after circulatory death has the potential to increase the number of transplants performed.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sabin Bozso, Vishnu Vasanthan, Jessica GY Luc, Katie Kinaschuk, Darren Freed, Jayan Nagendran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/357498