Abstract
We report the case of a 50-year-old man with congestive heart failure who became a candidate for organ donation after anoxic brain injury after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) who was on a venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support. On visualization, the donor's lung was acceptable for lung transplantation to a 68-year-old male patient with a chronic history of pulmonary fibrosis. Right single-lung implantation was successfully performed in the recipient. Herein, we report a case that highlights our institution's result suggesting that the use of a lung previously on ECMO support can safely and potentially expand the donor lung pool in carefully selected patients.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | e40-e41 |
Journal | ASAIO Journal |
Volume | 61 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 3 2015 |
Keywords
- Lung transplantation
- Organ donation
- VA ECMO
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Bioengineering
- Biomaterials
- Biomedical Engineering