ATS
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Personal Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Author home page(s):
James S. Allan
Right arrow Permission Requests
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Allan, J. S.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Allan, J. S.
Related Collections
Right arrow Lung - transplantation
Right arrowRelated Article

Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:2194-2195
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

New Technology

Invited commentary

James S. Allan, MD

Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Blake 1570, Boston, MA 02114

(Email: jallan@partners.org).

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

Steen and colleagues [1] present a case of successful delayed lung transplantation using a donor graft that was ostensibly suboptimal on initial evaluation. Most notable are the use of an ex vivo perfusion system to assess the graft and an extended (overnight) period of cold preservation using a technique, which they have termed topical (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) ECMO.

In this case, a different team harvested . . . [Full Text of this Article]


Related Article

First Human Transplantation of a Nonacceptable Donor Lung After Reconditioning Ex Vivo
Stig Steen, Richard Ingemansson, Leif Eriksson, Leif Pierre, Lars Algotsson, Per Wierup, Qiuming Liao, Atli Eyjolfsson, Ronny Gustafsson, and Trygve Sjöberg
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2007 83: 2191-2194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]





HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
ANN THORAC SURG ASIAN CARDIOVASC THORAC ANN EUR J CARDIOTHORAC SURG
J THORAC CARDIOVASC SURG ICVTS ALL CTSNet JOURNALS
Copyright © 2007 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.