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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;135:1408-1409
© 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Reply to the Editor

J. Saravana Ganesh, FRCS, Chris A. Rogers, PhD, Nicholas R. Banner, FRCP, Robert S. Bonser, MD, FRCS, FRCP, FESC

United Kingdom Cardiothoracic Transplant Audit, Clinical Effectiveness Unit, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, United Kingdom

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We appreciate the comments made by Thabut and colleagues on our article on lung preservation.1Go We agree that graft ischemia time may be an important predictor to survival after lung transplantation, particularly if this is particularly prolonged. The study by Novick and colleagues2Go did not find any influence of graft ischemia time alone on survival, but there was a significant influence when associated with extremes of donor age. Similarly, the study by the authors themselves3Go found graft ischemia time to . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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