The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 26, Issue 10 , Pages 1054-1060 , October 2007

Fibrinolytic Treatment Improves the Quality of Lungs Retrieved From Non-Heart-Beating Donors

Presented at the Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, San Francisco, California, April 25–28, 2007.

  • Ilhan Inci, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ilhan Inci, MD, University of Zurich, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Raemistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland. Telephone: 0041-44-255-88-02.
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  • Wei Zhai, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Stephan Arni, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Demet Inci, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Children’s Hospital Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Sven Hillinger, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Didier Lardinois, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Peter Vogt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Deparment of Pathology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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  • Walter Weder, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Received 2 May 2007 ,Revised 13 July 2007 ,Accepted 18 July 2007.

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 Sorin Group (Italy) provided the oxygenators, and Vitrolife (Göteburg, Sweden) provided the Perfadex.

PII: S1053-2498(07)00578-5

doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.07.033

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 26, Issue 10 , Pages 1054-1060 , October 2007

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