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Case Reports
. 2007 Jul;84(1):314-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.09.065.

Prior cardiac surgery is not a contraindication for lung donor

Yoshiya Toyoda  1 , Kenneth R McCurry
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Prior cardiac surgery is not a contraindication for lung donor

Yoshiya Toyoda et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Jul.

Abstract

We present two successful lung transplants utilizing lungs from a donor who had a previous cardiac surgery. We describe tips and pitfalls of harvesting donor lungs from redo-chest operations.

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