Donor-Bound Predictors for Primary Graft Function in Lung Transplantation - Results from a Prospective Multicenter Study

• Published in: The Journal of heart and lung transplantation Vol. 38; no. 4; p. S149
• Main Authors: Benazzo, A., Schwarz, S., Muckenhuber, M., Schweiger, T., Ferenc, R. Vamos, Taghavi, S., Lang, G., Azad, S., Jaksch, P., Cypel, M., Klepetko, W., Keshavjee, S., Hoetzenecker, K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.04.2019

Acceptance rates of donor lungs differ substantially among transplant centers. This is mainly due to a lack of standardized functional parameters of the donor lungs, which can predict organ function after lung transplantation (LTx). A prospective evaluation of lung donors were performed in three tra...