Lung transplantation following donation after thoraco-abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (TA-NRP): A feasibility case study

Caroline Boelhouwer; Katrien Vandendriessche; Dirk Van Raemdonck; Ina Jochmans; Diethard Monbaliu; Karlien Degezelle; Jan Gunst; Christophe Vandenbriele; Dieter Van Beersel; Robin Vos; Geert M Verleden; Filip Rega; Arne P Neyrinck; Laurens J Ceulemans; with support of the Leuven Donor Working Group

doi:10.1016/j.healun.2022.09.011

Lung transplantation following donation after thoraco-abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (TA-NRP): A feasibility case study

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2022 Dec;41(12):1864-1867. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2022.09.011. Epub 2022 Sep 20.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, division of Cardiac Surgery, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
³ Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ Transplantation Research Group, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Abdominal Transplant Surgery and Coordination, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁶ Department of Cardiac Surgery, division perfusion, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Laboratory of Intensive Care Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁷ Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, division of Cardiology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁸ Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, division of Anesthesiology and Algology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁹ Department of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
¹⁰ Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: laurens.ceulemans@uzleuven.be.

PMID: 36243643
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2022.09.011

No abstract available

Keywords: donation after circulatory death; lung transplantation; normothermic regional perfusion; primary graft dysfunction.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Death
Feasibility Studies
Graft Survival
Humans
Lung Transplantation*
Organ Preservation
Perfusion
Tissue Donors
Tissue and Organ Procurement*