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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;81:460-466
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original article: General thoracic

Ex Vivo Evaluation of Nonacceptable Donor Lungs

Per Wierup, MD, PhD a , * , Åsa Haraldsson, MD, PhD b , Folke Nilsson, MD, PhD a , Leif Pierre, CCP c , Henrik Scherstén, MD, PhD b , Martin Silverborn, MD, PhD a , Trygve Sjöberg, PhD c , Ulla Westfeldt, MD, PhD b , Stig Steen, MD, PhD c

a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
b Department of Thoracic Anaesthesia, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
c Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden

Accepted for publication August 15, 2005.

* Address correspondence to Dr Wierup, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE-413 85 Göteborg, Sweden (Email: pwi{at}sks.aaa.dk).

BACKGROUND: Only a minority of the potential candidates for lung donation are considered suitable, using current evaluation methods. A new method for ex vivo evaluation, with the potential for reconditioning of marginal and nonacceptable lungs, has been developed. This is a report of the ex vivo evaluation of six donor lungs deemed nonacceptable (arterial oxygen pressure less than 40 kPa) by the Scandiatransplant, Eurotransplant, and UK transplant organizations.

METHODS: The lungs are perfused ex vivo with Steen solution, a lung evaluation–preservation solution, mixed with red blood cells to a hematocrit of 15%. This extracellular solution is designed to have an optimal colloid osmotic pressure so that physiologic pressure and flow can be maintained without development of pulmonary edema. An oxygenator connected to the extracorporeal circuit maintains a normal mixed venous blood gas level in the perfusate. The lungs are ventilated and evaluated through analyses of pulmonary vascular resistance, oxygenation capacity, and arterial carbon dioxide pressure minus end-tidal carbon dioxide difference.

RESULTS: The arterial oxygen pressure (inspired oxygen fraction, 1.0) increased from 27 kPa (range, 17 to 34 kPa) in situ in the organ donor at the referring hospital to 57 kPa (range, 39 to 66 kPa) during the ex vivo evaluation. The pulmonary vascular resistance varied from 3.2 to 5.7 Wood units, and the arterial carbon dioxide pressure minus end-tidal carbon dioxide difference was in the range of 1 to 2.5 kPa.

CONCLUSIONS: The arterial oxygen pressure improves significantly in this model. This ex vivo evaluation model is a valuable addition to the armamentarium in finding acceptable lungs in a donor population with inferior arterial oxygen pressure values.




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