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

Original article: General thoracic

Invited commentary

John Conte, MD

Division of Cardiac SurgeryJohns Hopkins Medical InstitutionsBlalock 618, 600 N Wolfe StBaltimore, MD 21287

(Email: jconte@csurg.jhmi.jhu.edu).

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Wierup and colleagues [1] report the use of machine perfusion to restore unacceptable donor lungs into a physiological condition compatible with lungs acceptable for transplantation. This report is welcome news to the many investigators who have long held onto the possibility of using pump perfusion of donor lungs for the purpose of organ preservation or organ resuscitation.

The senior author, Steen and his colleagues [2] have previously reported the use . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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