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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;135:1408
© 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Does the method of lung preservation influence outcome after transplantation? An analysis of 681 consecutive procedures

^a Service de pneumologie B et transplantation pulmonaire, Hôpital Bichat et Faculté Paris 7, Paris, France
^b Service de chirurgie thoracique et vasculaire, Hôpital Bichat et Université Paris 7, Paris, France

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To the Editor:

We read with great interest the study by Ganesh and colleagues¹ that compared various graft preservation methods in lung transplantation. The authors rigorously assessed the association between the lung preservation method and the posttransplant survival up to 3 years in a large cohort of patients; they failed to detect any association. However, we think that the way the graft ischemic time was calculated and included in the analysis . . . [Full Text of this Article]