title: Double lung procurement from a donor supported by a left ventricular assist device.
abstract: Over the past several years, the selection criteria for marginal donor lungs have been extended. However, brain-dead patients with implanted mechanical circulatory support systems have not yet been considered as potential organ donors for lung transplantation. Our report presents the first successful procurement and transplantation of donor lungs from a patient supported by a left ventricular assist device. The procurement of the lungs demanded an extensive and careful anatomical preparation of the device, the heart, the lung and the mediastinum. The donor lungs were of good quality. The subsequent sequential bilateral lung transplantation was performed without complications. Postoperative course and follow-up were uneventful. This case demonstrates the feasibility of lung transplantations from organ donors supported by a mechanical circulatory support system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Muenster, Muenster, Germany joachim.schmidt@ukmuenster.de.
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
authors.forename: Bassam
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Redwan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martens
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
authors.forename: Karsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wiebe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001926:Brain Death / Q000503:physiopathology*; D046148:Donor Selection; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery* / Q000821:virology; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left
keywords: Extended donor criteria; Left ventricular assist device; Lung procurement; Lung transplantation