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Lead
The Cleveland Clinic
This study will compare use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and heart-lung bypass (CPB) during lung transplant procedures and their short and long term outcomes.
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
1\. The study population will be all patients requiring cardiopulmonary support while undergoing lung transplantation at our institution.
You may not be if
1. Patients undergoing concomitant cardiac operations with indication for obligate use of cardiopulmonary bypass
2. Patient with specific anatomy that require full cardiac decompression such as severe pulmonary hypertension or large heart that are shifted severely into the left chest
3. Patients with high likelihood of significant pleural bleeding that will require returning the blood back into the cardiotomy reservoir
4. Patients bridged to transplant with ECMO
5. Cystic fibrosis/bronchiectasis/resistant infection patients where surgeon will need to remove both lungs prior to implantation
6. Patients who the surgeon feels would be better served with CPB rather than ECMO- These patients will be entered into a registry and followed.
