Compliance trumps oxygenation: Predicting quality with ex vivo lung perfusion

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From the Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; the Alberta Transplant Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and the Canadian National Translant Research Program, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Disclosures: Authors have nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support. Received for publication July 7, 2015; accepted for publication July 7, 2015; available ahead of print Aug 1, 2015. Address for reprints: Jayan Nagendran, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta and Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, 2D2.18 WMC, 8440 112 St, Edmonton, Alberta T6G-2B7, Canada (E-mail: jayan@ualberta.ca). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015;150:1378-9 0022-5223/$36.00 Copyright 2015 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.07.025 Clinical ex vivo lung perfusion of marginal donor lungs.