This review outlines the new and promising technique of ex vivo lung perfusion and its
clinical potential to increase the number of transplantable lungs and to improve the early …

Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) is a syndrome encompassing a spectrum of mild to severe
lung injury that occurs within the first 72 hours after lung transplantation. PGD is …

OBJECTIVES Only 15% of brain death donors are considered suitable for lung
transplantation (LTx). The normothermic ex vivo lung perfusion technique is used to …

Allogeneic lung transplantation (LuTx) is considered the treatment of choice for a broad
range of advanced, progressive lung diseases resistant to conventional treatment regimens …

Dysfunction of the pulmonary allograft with impaired oxygenation and radiographic opacities
consistent with pulmonary edema occurs in up to 50% of lung transplant (LTx) recipients. 1 …

Machine perfusion of solid organs has regained much attention during the last decade. It
provides a new promising tool that may allow pretransplant ex-vivo assessment …

The criteria that define acceptable physiologic and social parameters for lung donation have
remained constant since their empiric determination in the 1980s. These criteria include a …

OBJECTIVES An increasing number of studies have shown that ex vivo lung perfusion
(EVLP) is safe and that rejected donor lungs can be resuscitated and used for lung …

This paper describes the initial clinical experience of ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) at the
Fondazione Ca'Granda in Milan between January 2011 and May 2013. EVLP was …

This article summarizes recent knowledge and clinical advances in machine perfusion (MP)
of thoracic organs. MP of thoracic organs has gained much attention during the last decade …