Ex vivo bilateral pulmonary embolectomy for donor lungs prior to transplantation

Mohammad Shihata; Nitin Ghorpade; Dale Lien; Dennis Modry

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.12.011

Ex vivo bilateral pulmonary embolectomy for donor lungs prior to transplantation

Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Jun;85(6):2110-2. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.12.011.

Authors

Mohammad Shihata¹, Nitin Ghorpade, Dale Lien, Dennis Modry

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. [email protected]

PMID: 18498833
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.12.011

Abstract

Pulmonary arterial embolic disease of donor lungs is a known entity. Its implications on the technicality, the perioperative management, and the outcome of lung transplantation depend on the extent of the embolic disease and the indicators of lung function at the time of procurement. We report a case of lung transplantation from a donor who was known to have significant acute pulmonary embolic disease and the perioperative management used to optimize the outcome.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Colitis, Ischemic / surgery
Embolectomy / methods*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Intestinal Perforation / surgery
Lung / blood supply
Lung Transplantation / methods*
Male
Middle Aged
Pneumonectomy
Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
Postoperative Complications / surgery
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Embolism / surgery*
Pulmonary Emphysema / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Emphysema / surgery*
Radiography
Regional Blood Flow / physiology
Reoperation
Tissue Donors*
Warm Ischemia