The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 24, Issue 10 , Pages 1460-1467 , October 2005

Report of the ISHLT Working Group on Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction Part III: Donor-Related Risk Factors and Markers

  • Marc de Perrot, MD

      Affiliations

    • Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Marc de Perrot, MD, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, 9N-961, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada. Telephone: 416-340-6120. Fax: 416-340-4556.
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  • Robert S. Bonser, MSBCh (FRCS)

      Affiliations

    • Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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  • John Dark, MB (FRCS)

      Affiliations

    • Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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  • Rosemary F. Kelly, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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  • David McGiffin, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama
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  • Rebecca Menza, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Berkeley, California
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  • Octavio Pajaro, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida
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  • Stephan Schueler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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  • Geert M. Verleden, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Received 6 October 2004 ,Revised 7 February 2005 ,Accepted 17 February 2005.

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PII: S1053-2498(05)00134-8

doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2005.02.017

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 24, Issue 10 , Pages 1460-1467 , October 2005

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