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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:314-316
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

How To Do It

Prior Cardiac Surgery is Not a Contraindication for Lung Donor

Yoshiya Toyoda, MD, PhD*, Kenneth R. McCurry, MD

Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Accepted for publication September 19, 2006.

* Address correspondence to Dr Toyoda, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 200 Lothrop St, C-700 PUH, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (Email: toyoday{at}upmc.edu).

We present two successful lung transplants utilizing lungs from a donor who had a previous cardiac surgery. We describe tips and pitfalls of harvesting donor lungs from redo-chest operations.




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