ArticleThe Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation2024
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantation: Practice patterns and patient outcomes.
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- Lung transplantation for pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: a retrospective international multicentre analysis.The European respiratory journal · 2026Article
- Knowledge structure and academic influence in lung transplantation: a systematically bibliometric analysis of highly cited documents and multi-perspective extensive review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Racial, ethnic, and sex disparities in lung transplant waitlist outcomes before and after composite allocation score implementation.JHLT open · 2026Article
- Construction and validation of a machine learning-based prediction model for venous thromboembolism in lung transplant recipients supported by ECMO.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Association of prolonged ECMO bridging and perioperative factors with dysphagia and survival after lung transplantation.PloS one · 2026Article
- A Narrative Review on ECMO as a Bridge to Transplantation: Optimising Outcomes in Heart and Lung Failure.Cureus · 2026Review
- Intraoperative Extracorporeal Life Support for Bilateral Sequential Lung Transplantation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Outcomes with venoarterial vs venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantation in interstitial lung disease.JHLT open · 2025Article
- Venous thromboembolism following lung transplantation.World journal of transplantation · 2025Review
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- [Extracorporeal Life Support in Lung Transplantation and Beyond].Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie · 2025Review
- Respiratory compliance related to prognostic of lung transplant patients with veno‑venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in thoracic anesthesia.Current opinion in anaesthesiology · 2025Review
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for adults with respiratory failure secondary to cardiorespiratory disease: evolving indications and clinical practice.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2025Review
- Characteristics and Outcomes of 1500 Lung Transplantations in the Leuven Lung Transplant Program: Turning Past Lessons Into Tomorrow's Foundations.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundExtracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is increasingly relied on to bridge patients with respiratory failure to lung transplantation despite limited evidence for its use in this setting. This study evaluated longitudinal trends in practice patterns, patient characteristics, and outcomes in patients bridged with ECMO to lung transplant.
methodsA retrospective review of all adult isolated lung transplant patients in the United Network for Organ Sharing database between 2000 and 2019 was performed. Patients were classified as "ECMO" if supported with ECMO at the time of listing or transplantation and "non-ECMO" otherwise. Linear regression was used to evaluate trends in patient demographics during the study period. Trends in mortality were evaluated using Cox proportional hazards modeling, with time period as the primary covariate (2000-2004, 2005-2009, 2010-2014, or 2015-2019) and age, time on the waitlist, and underlying diagnosis as covariates.
resultsThe number of patients included were 40,866, of whom 1,387 (3.4%) were classified as ECMO and 39,479 (96.6%) as no ECMO. Average age and initial Lung Allocation Score increased significantly during the study period in both cohorts, but occurred at a slower rate in the ECMO population. The hazard of death was significantly lower in more recent years (2015-2019) for both the ECMO and non-ECMO cohorts (aHR (adjusted hazards ratio) 0.59, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.37-0.96 and aHR 0.74, 95% CI 0.70-0.79) when compared to the early years (2000-2004) of the study period.
conclusionsPost-transplantation survival for patients bridged to transplantation with ECMO demonstrates ongoing improvement despite cannulation of progressively older and sicker patients.
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