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Association Between Prolonged Graft Ischemia and Primary Graft Failure or Survival Following Lung Transplantation
Thursday, June 18, 2015
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Source Name: JAMA Surgery
Using UNOS data, the authors evaluated long-term survival and primary graft failure (PGF) comparing cohorts with less than and more than 6 hours of graft ischemia. 31% of patients had prolonged ischemia. There was no association between prolonged ischemia and PGF or survival at 1 and 5 years.
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