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Beaujon Hospital, Clichy, France
Long-term survival in lung transplantation related to graft ischemic time
April 26th, 2005
Based on a study of 752 French patients who underwent either lung or heart-lung transplantation, investigators revealed a close relationship between graft ischemic time and long-term survival after single or double lung transplantation. Graft ischemic time was defined as the interval between the application of the aortic cross clamp during donor organ removal and the reperfusion in the graft of the recipient. According to Gabriel Thabut and colleagues from Beaujon Hospital, Clichy, France, the authors, a cutoff time of 330 minutes was found to best discriminate between long-term survivors and nonsurvivors. The median time for the entire group in the transplant study was...
Source: Cardiovascular Business Week (2005-04-26)
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