Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Improves Function of Porcine Donor Lungs during Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion

The objective of the present study was to determine if administration of A1AT during EVLP can improve donor lung quality after prolonged hypothermic preservation.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - October 2, 2017 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Huiqing Lin, Manyin Chen, Feng Tian, Jussi Tikkanen, Lei Ding, Hei Yu Andrew Cheung, Daisuke Nakajima, Zhe Wang, Andrea Mariscal, David Hwang, Marcelo Cypel, Shaf Keshavjee, Mingyao Liu Source Type: research