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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:1604-1605
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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^a Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Divisions of Cardiac Surgery, Blalock 618, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD21287, USA

e-mail: jconte@csurg.jhmi.edu

The discrepancy between supply and demand in lung transplantation grows yearly. Due to the susceptibility of the lung to infection and injury in potential organ donors, the percentage of donors suitable for lung donation remains in the 20% range. Transplant professionals have been forced to explore the use of nonstandard donors to serve their patients. Aggressive programs have been quite liberal in accepting donors with imperfect radiographs, bronchoscopic findings of inflammation, and arterial oxygen . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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