The association of donor age and survival is independent of ischemic time following deceased donor lung transplantation.
Michael S MulvihillBrian C GulackAsvin M GanapathiPaul J SpeicherBrian R EnglumSameer A HirjiLaurie D SnyderR Duane DavisMatthew G HartwigPublished in: Clinical transplantation (2017)
Prolonged ischemic time is not associated with decreased overall survival in patients undergoing lung transplantation regardless of the donor's age. However, donor age >50 is independently associated with decreased survival. The lack of an association between ischemic time and survival should encourage broader geographic allocation of pulmonary allografts.