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Editorial
. 2022 Sep;14(9):3125-3130.
doi: 10.21037/jtd-22-949.

Donor lung preservation for transplantation-where do we go from here?

Dirk Van Raemdonck  1   2 , Jan Van Slambrouck  1   2 , Laurens J Ceulemans  1   2
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Editorial

Donor lung preservation for transplantation-where do we go from here?

Dirk Van Raemdonck et al. J Thorac Dis. 2022 Sep.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at https://jtd.amegroups.com/article/view/10.21037/jtd-22-949/coif). DVR reports that he was a principal investigator for the Inspire Trial and the Expand Trial; both trials were sponsored by Transmedics® (Andover, MA, USA). DVR is supported by the Broere Charitable Foundation. This financial support is not commercial, but an open grant to support research. LJC is supported by a KU Leuven University Chair funded by Medtronic and a post-doctoral grant from the University Hospitals Leuven (KOOR-UZ Leuven). LJC reports unrestricted grant at University of Leuven for emphysema research by MEDTRONIC, and payment or honoraria for clinical immersion and lecture webinar from MEDTRONIC. JVS has no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Figure 1
Left lung from a 33-year-old male brain-dead donor after cold flush preservation with low-potassium dextran glucose solution, extraction and split on the back table. Near complete atelectasis of the left lower lobe is noted. Lung parenchyma could not be recruited in-situ prior to circulatory arrest. The left lung was finally not accepted for transplantation.
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