ObjectivesEx vivo lung perfusion provides an innovative method to assess and repair donor lungs. The current Toronto ex protocol can reliably reproducibly preserve lungs for 12 hours. A longer preservation time could enable the application of more advanced therapies rescue transplant. Our objective was achieve stable 24-hour normothermic perfusion.MethodsWe systematically examined 3 modificatio...

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