In April 2014, the American Journal of Transplantation published a report on the first lung
transplant in the United States recovered from an uncontrolled donation after circulatory …

The continuing shortage of deceased donor organs for transplantation, and the limited
number of potential donors after brain death, has led to a resurgence of interest in donation …

Lung transplantation (LTx) represents a unique lifesaving therapy for patients suffering from
endstage lung disease. Ever since the world's first successful lung transplant was performed …

Donation after cardiac death lung transplantation outcomes : Current Opinion in Organ
Transplantation Donation after cardiac death lung transplantation outcomes : Current …

This article reviews recent developments in the selection, assessment, and management of
the potential lung donor, which aim to increase donor organ use. The scarcity of suitable …

Transplantation remains the optimum treatment for many patients. The availability of donor
organs has failed to keep pace with demand, resulting in an ever-increasing waiting list of …

Although donation after cardiac death (DCD) has the potential to provide a novel source of
organs for lung transplantation, even in a controlled DCD situation such as a Maastricht …

BACKGROUND: Lung transplantation using “donation after cardiac death” donors is a
potential means to alleviate the shortage of suitable donor lungs for transplantation, but the …

Background The shortage of donor lungs restricts the number of lung transplantations that
can be performed. However, extension of the donor pool using organs donated after cardiac …

BACKGROUND: The use of donation-after-circulatory-death (DCD) donors for lung
transplantation has come into practice. In this study we investigated whether DCD lungs can …