title: Prior cardiac surgery is not a contraindication for lung donor.
abstract: We present two successful lung transplants utilizing lungs from a donor who had a previous cardiac surgery. We describe tips and pitfalls of harvesting donor lungs from redo-chest operations.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA. toyoday@upmc.edu
authors.forename: Yoshiya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Toyoda
authors.forename: Kenneth R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: McCurry
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D000075202:Contraindications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014019:Tissue Donors; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods*