Intraoperative extracorporeal circulatory support in lung transplantation for pulmonary fibrosis.

CONCLUSIONS: Pulmonary hypertension with elevated PVR values predicts the need of intraoperative ECMO in patients receiving lung transplantation for pulmonary fibrosis. Although the postoperative course was more complicated in the ECMO+, long-term survival did not differ significantly.
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - September 1, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Salman J, Bernhard BA, Ius F, Poyanmehr R, Sommer W, Aburahma K, Alhadidi H, Siemeni T, Kuehn C, Avsar M, Haverich A, Warnecke G, Tudorache I Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research