The Year in Cardiothoracic Transplant Anesthesia: Selected Highlights From 2020 Part I - Lung Transplantation

Andrew M Courtwright; Barbara Wilkey; Jagan Devarajan; Sudhakar Subramani; Archer Kilbourne Martin; Ashley Virginia Fritz; Christopher M Cassara; Michael L Boisen; Brandi A Bottiger; Angela Pollak; Yasmin Maisonave; Theresa A Gelzinis

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2021.09.013

The Year in Cardiothoracic Transplant Anesthesia: Selected Highlights From 2020 Part I - Lung Transplantation

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Jan;36(1):33-44. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2021.09.013. Epub 2021 Sep 16.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
² Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
³ Anesthesia Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA.
⁵ Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
⁷ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
⁸ Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University, Durham, NC.
⁹ University of Pittsburgh, Corresponding Author, UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 34670721
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2021.09.013

Abstract

This special article focuses on the highlights in cardiothoracic transplantation literature in the year 2020. Part I encompasses the recent literature on lung transplantation, including the advances in preoperative assessment and optimization, donor management, including the use of ex-vivo lung perfusion, recipient management, including those who have been infected with coronavirus disease 2019, updates on the perioperative management, including the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and long-term outcomes.

Keywords: COVID-19; Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction; Ex-Vivo Lung Perfusion; Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; Prehabilitation; Transesophageal Echocardiography.

MeSH terms

Anesthesia, Cardiac Procedures*
COVID-19*
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
Humans
Lung Transplantation* / adverse effects
SARS-CoV-2