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Overview and Future Practice Patterns in Cardiac and Pulmonary Preservation
Author(s) -
Conte John V.,
Baumgartner William A.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2000.tb00449.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lung transplantation , organ procurement , intensive care medicine , transplantation , heart lung transplantation , procurement , lung disease , clinical practice , standard of care , lung , surgery , physical therapy , marketing , business
A bstract Heart and lung transplantation have become standard therapy for many patients with end‐stage heart and lung disease. Successful transplantation requires preservation of allografts until they can be implanted and reperfused. In the decades since the transplantation of thoracic organs became a clinical reality, many advances have been made in preoperative donor management, procurement, and preservation techniques. This article summarizes the state of the art in heart and lung preservation and review some of the areas of current research that may lead to improvements in preservation techniques in the future.