Controlled antegrade single lung reperfusion during double lung transplant.
Prompt controlled reperfusion of a pulmonary allograft in a sequential double lung transplant may correct cellular ischemia prior to exposure to full hydrostatic pressures and minimize organ dysfunction. We reviewed the process of a sequential double lung transplant and describe the technique of controlled antegrade graft reperfusion of the initial implant as performed at our institution.
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. zkhalpey@partners.org
Zain
Z
Khalpey
Michael S
MS
Gilfeather
Phillip C
PC
Camp
Michael T
MT
Jaklitsch
D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D006801:Humans; D006874:Hydrostatic Pressure; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D015424:Reperfusion / Q000009:adverse effects; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous