Clinical ex vivo lung perfusion - Pushing the limits

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1839-1847

  Aigner, Clemens ^a   Slama, A ^a   Hotzenecker K ^a   Scheed, A ^a   Urbanek, B ^a   Schmid, W ^a   Nierscher, F J ^a   Lang, G ^a   Klepetko, W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

EVLP; Ex vivo lung perfusion; Lung transplantation; Marginal donors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EX VIVO LUNG PERFUSION; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LUNG; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863186385     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04027.x     Document Type: Article

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