1. Combined heart-lung transplantation from a donation after circulatory death donor.
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Messer S, Abu-Omar Y, Large SR, Berman M, Page A, Kaul P, Arrowsmith JE, Quigley R, Cheshire C, Patterson C, Thomas D, Wallwork J, Parmar J, and Catarino P
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- Adult, Humans, Male, Quality of Life, Young Adult, Heart Defects, Congenital surgery, Heart-Lung Transplantation methods, Tissue Donors, Tissue and Organ Procurement methods
- Abstract
Combined heart-lung transplantation is the optimal treatment option for many patients with end-stage heart failure and fixed severe pulmonary hypertension. It offers the only possibility of long-term survival and a return to a normal quality of life. Unfortunately, it is rarely performed because of donor organ allocation policies. We present the case of a critically ill 24-year-old man, who after waiting for >100 days in-hospital on the urgent transplant list, deteriorated further and underwent the first successful heart-lung transplant with organs from a donation after circulatory death., (Copyright © 2020 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
- Published
- 2020
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