Research Project
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
To encounter the donor shortage in lung transplantation, marginal donor lungs and donor lungs after cardiac death have recently been utilized. It would be very important to evaluate such donor lungs before lung transplantation objectively for the safe use of these organs. Thus, the principle investigator established a model, by which the quality of the donor lungs could be assessed, using middle to large animal ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) circuit. Furthermore, we demonstrated the results in which EVLP itself could probably resuscitate the marginal donor lungs and donor lungs after cardiac death. From now on, we will accumulate more data regarding EVLP to pursue its possibility and also try to treat the injured donor lungs by administering several drugs during EVLP.
All 2011 2010 2009 Other
All Journal Article (10 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 9 results) Presentation (20 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (3 results)
N Engl J Med. 364(15)
Pages: 1431-1440
Transplantation Proceedings
Volume: (In press)
N Eng J Med
Transplant Proc 42(5)
Pages: 1598-1601
Organ Transplant. 15
Pages: 2-2
Volume: 42 Pages: 1598-1601
J Heart Lung Transplant 28
Pages: 753-758
移植 44
Pages: 415-420
10026246670
Transplant Proc (In press)
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