UCLA Performs First ‘Breathing Lung’ Transplant In United States

Revolutionary experimental technology that allows donor hearts to be delivered to transplant recipients warm and beating rather than frozen in an ice cooler is now being used to deliver “breathing lungs.” A UCLA Medical team has successfully performed the nation’s first “breathing lung” transplant.



UCLA Performs First ‘Breathing Lung’ Transplant In United States (via PR Newswire)

Experimental technology could transform field of lung transplantation LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — First there was the “heart in a box,” a revolutionary experimental technology that allows donor hearts to be delivered to transplant recipients warm and beating rather than frozen…


published: November 28, 2012 in: News, Technology, Thoracic/Respiratory

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