Significantly reduced patient and graft survival for left vs right donor lungs for lung transplant recipients
Left SLT was associated with significantly worse mortality and graft failure while right SLT was associated with more short-term complications from split lung donors. Organ listing and acceptance decisions should consider donor lung laterality.
Authors
- Michael T. Cain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4029-2557)
- Susana Arrigain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7533-3932)
- Jesse D. Schold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5341-7286)
- Robert A. Meguid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2646-4252)
- Elizabeth A. Pomfret (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7970-1325)
- Navin Vigneshwar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9210-9940)
- Simran Randhawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5234-7108)
- Jordan Hoffman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3359-5277)
- Sarah Y. Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4893-1245)
- John D. Mitchell
- Alice Gray
- Elizabeth A. David
- Elizabeth Bashian
Institutions
- Duke University (US)
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JHLT Open
- Published
- 2024-08-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhlto.2024.100148
- Primary Topic
- Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00