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. 2018 Oct 29;55(4):766–772. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezy354

Table 4:

Cause of death in EVLP recipients

Diagnosis Type of transplantation Time after operation Causes
PAH Bilateral sequential 31 months Chronic graft failure
Fibrosis Bilateral sequential 24 months Squamous cell carcionoma, bronchial stenosis after radiotherapy
Fibrosis Bilateral sequential 18 months Graft failure secondary to pneumonia
α1AT deficiency Bilateral sequential 25 months Graft failure secondary to recurrent pulmonary infections
COPD Bilateral sequential 18 months Graft failure secondary to pneumonia
CF Bilateral sequential 5 months Graft failure secondary to pneumonia
CF Bilateral sequential 13 months Chronic graft failure, bronchial stenosis
COPD Bilateral sequential 36 months Respiratory failure secondary to recurrent infections and rejection
COPD Bilateral sequential 5 months PRES, CNI intolerance, rejection
Fibrosis Bilateral sequential 1 day Bleeding, graft failure, ECMO
Fibrosis Bilateral sequential 1 day Bleeding
Fibrosis Bilateral sequential 61 months Unexpected death during sleep at home
Fibrosis Bilateral sequential 9 months BOS
Fibrosis Bilateral lobar 14 months Pulmonary embolism and BOS
Fibrosis Single 18 months BOS

α1AT: alpha 1-antitrypsin; BOS: bronchiolitis obliterans; CF: cystic fibrosis; CNI: calcineurin inhibitor; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; PRES: posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome; PAH: pulmonary artery hypertension.