Cross-Circulation for Extracorporeal Support and Recovery of the Lung

Cross-Circulation for Extracorporeal Support and Recovery of the Lung
The shortage of transplantable donor organs has profound consequences, especially for patients with end-stage lung disease, for which transplantation remains the only definitive treatment. Although advances in ex vivo lung perfusion have enabled the evaluation and reconditioning of marginally unacceptable donor lungs, clinical use of the technique is limited to ~6 h