Successful Lung Transplantation From a Donor Who Had Recovered From Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Pneumonia.
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Authors
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Kim, Hye-Jin1
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Shin, Dong Hoon2
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Cho, Woo Hyun3
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Kim, Dohyung4
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Yeo, Hye Ju5
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Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Republic of Korea.
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(North Korea)
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Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Republic of Korea.
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(North Korea)
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Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Republic of Korea.
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(North Korea)
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Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Republic of Korea.
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(North Korea)
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Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Republic of Korea; Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: [email protected]
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(North Korea)
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- Published Article
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The Annals of thoracic surgery
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May 01, 2022
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113
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5
- Identifiers
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DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.06.045
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PMID: 34297992
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Medline
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English
- License
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Unknown
Abstract
During the present coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, transplantation of donor lungs using patients with a history of COVID-19 infection is a critical issue. Donor-derived virus infection and graft dysfunction are possible after transplantation. However use of such lungs could save the lives of patients requiring emergency transplantation. We successfully transplanted lungs from a brain-dead donor who had recovered from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 into a severe respiratory failure patient supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation who needed an emergency transplant. At the 3-month follow-up our patient showed no evidence of COVID-19 transmission or graft dysfunction. Copyright © 2022 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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