Successful lung transplantation from a donation after cardiocirculatory death donor taking more than 120 minutes to cardiac arrest after withdrawal of life support therapies

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 258-259

  Reeb, Jeremie ^a   Keshavjee, Shaf ^a   Cypel, Marcelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; METOPROLOL; MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL; STEROID;

AGED; APNEA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CADAVER DONOR; CARDIOCIRCULATORY DEATH; CASE REPORT; DEATH; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEAD INJURY; HEART ARREST; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LIFE SUPPORT THERAPY; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG DONOR; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIMARY GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; X RAY; ADULT; DONOR; MICROCLIMATE; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84960121451     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.10.010     Document Type: Letter

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