Improving Outcomes in Bridge-to-Transplant: Extended Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support to Obtain Optimal Donor Lungs for Marginal Recipients

The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as bridge-to-lung transplantation has been discussed controversially because of discouraging results. We report our experience with this challenging strategy. This retrospective investigation includes all consecutive lung transplantations in our...

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Veröffentlicht in:	ASAIO journal (1992) 2019-07, Vol.65 (5), p.516-521
Hauptverfasser:	Langer, Frank, Aliyev, Parviz, Schäfers, Hans-Joachim, Trudzinski, Franziska C, Seiler, Frederik, Bals, Robert, Wilkens, Heinrike, Lepper, Philipp M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation - methods Female Humans Lung Transplantation - methods Lung Transplantation - mortality Male Middle Aged Retrospective Studies Time Factors Treatment Outcome
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