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Ann Thorac Surg 1977;23:487-494
© 1977 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Lung Preservation Techniques

Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Health Sciences Center, Minneapolis, MN.

^* Address reprint requests to Dr. Toledo-Pereyra, Box 441, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60637.

Some of the barriers to successful lung transplantation include the lack of acceptable methods for ischemic protection and the absence of reliable systems for preservation. The lung response to 60 minutes of warm ischemia basically consists of alveolar-capillary edema and disruption, mitochondria swelling, interstitial hemorrhage, significantly depressed pulmonary function, elevation of pulmonary vascular resistance, and considerable drop in levels of glucose, phospholipids, and adenosine triphosphate. The tolerance to warm ischemia increases to several hours with the use of different systems of ventilatory assistance with or without positive end-expiratory pressure. Several methods of preservation have been attempted: hypothermia, hyperbaria, and hypothermic pulsatile or nonpulsatile perfusion. Hypothermic pulsatile perfusion appears to offer longer periods of protection than the other methods. Longer periods of ischemia and extended preservation may be made possible by advances in the use of drug protection during warm ischemia and the utilization of intracellular colloid or noncolloid solutions for hypothermic storage or hypothermic pulsatile perfusion.

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