Prior cardiac surgery is not a contraindication for lung donor

Yoshiya Toyoda; Kenneth R McCurry

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.09.065

Prior cardiac surgery is not a contraindication for lung donor

Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Jul;84(1):314-6. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.09.065.

Authors

Yoshiya Toyoda¹, Kenneth R McCurry

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA. toyoday@upmc.edu

PMID: 17588452
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.09.065

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
Contraindications
Female
Humans
Lung Transplantation / methods*
Middle Aged
Tissue Donors*
Tissue and Organ Harvesting / methods*