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Ann Thorac Surg 1999;68:2020
© 1999 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Invited Commentaries

^a Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario, University Campus, PO Box 5339, London, ON N6A 5A5, Canada

e-mail: rjnovick@julian.uwo.ca

Invited commentary

This paper by Dr Gammie and colleagues from the University of Pittsburgh is a retrospective review focusing on the effect of graft ischemic time on various outcomes after clinical lung transplantation. The study cohort was larger than most previous single-center reports on this issue, the authors’ experience spanned 10 years and the results were consistent and clear. Dr Gammie and his colleagues are correct in pointing out that although it is "generally accepted" that the upper limit for safe ischemia in clinical lung transplantation is in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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