A CLUE for Better Assessment of Donor Lungs: Novel Technique in Clinical Ex-vivo Lung Perfusion
Direct lung ultrasound evaluation (CLUE) technique was proven to be an accurate method for monitoring extravascular lung water in donor lungs during ex-vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) in an experimental model. The aim of this study was to examine the application of CLUE in clinical setting.
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Kamal S. Ayyat, Toshihiro Okamoto, Hiromichi Niikawa, Ichiro Sakanoue, Siddharth Dugar, Samir Q. Latifi, Daniel J. Lebovitz, Ajit Moghekar, Kenneth R. McCurry Tags: Original Clinical Science Source Type: research
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