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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Mar;135(3):679–684. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.09.058

TABLE 1.

Patient characteristics of the lung transplant and thoracotomy groups

Transplant (n = 7) Thoracotomy (n = 10)
Age (y, mean ± SD) 51 ± 16 59 ± 13
Sex (% male) 57% 70%
Transplant type (% bilateral) 57%
Ischemia time (min)
 First lung 180
 Second lung (n = 4) 247
Lung resection 70%
Platelets (103 cells/cm3, mean ± SE)
 Preoperative 365 ± 174 221 ± 48
 Day 1 205 ± 114 194 ± 69
 Day 2 159 ± 83 183 ± 61
 Day 3 160 ± 83 184 ± 64