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Ann Thorac Surg 1999;67:1787-1789
© 1999 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Pulmonary thromboembolectomy of donor lungs prior to lung transplantation

Duc Q. Nguyen, MDa, Christopher T. Salerno, MDa, R. Morton Bolman, III, MDa, Soon J. Park, MDa

a Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Accepted for publication November 7, 1998.

Address reprint requests to Dr Park, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Box 207, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
e-mail: parkx021{at}maroon.tc.umn.edu

Successful bilateral single-lung transplantation was performed after pulmonary thromboembolectomy of the donor lungs. The donor lungs were not thought to contain large amounts of pulmonary thromboemboli because they satisfied all the donor selection criteria. This case reinforces the need of not only meticulous inspection of the donor lungs prior to implantation but also the productive use of available donor organs.




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