Post-transplant outcomes of standard and extended criteria donation after circulatory death donor lungs categorized by donation after brain death lung criteria.
Shin TanakaJose Luis Campo-Cañaveral de la CruzMariana Gil BarturenSilvana Crowley CarrascoAlejandra Romero RománMaría Trujillo Sánchez de LeónLucas Hoyos MejíaJose Manuel Naranjo GómezMar Córdoba PeláezÁlvaro Sánchez CalleMarina Pérez RedondoChristian García FadulAndrés Varela de UgarteDavid Gómez- de-AntonioPublished in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2021)
Carefully selecting cDCD lungs from outside the standard acceptability criteria may expand the existing donor pool with no detrimental effects on lung transplantation outcomes.