Lung Procurement from a Donor on ECMO Support.
We report the case of a 50-year-old man with congestive heart failure who became a candidate for organ donation after anoxic brain injury after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) who was on a venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support. On visualization, the donor's lung was acceptable for lung transplantation to a 68-year-old male patient with a chronic history of pulmonary fibrosis. Right single-lung implantation was successfully performed in the recipient. Herein, we report a case that highlights our institution's result suggesting that the use of a lung previously on ECMO support can safely and potentially expand the donor lung pool in carefully selected patients.
From the Division of Transplantation and Assist Devices, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Ren
R
Dewei
Walid K
WK
Abu Saleh
Odeaa
O
Al Jabbari
Basel
B
Ramlawi
Brian A
BA
Bruckner
Eddie
E
Suarez
Matthias
M
Loebe
D000368:Aged; D001926:Brain Death; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement