The lung in a box: ex vivo monitoring of donor lungs and clinical implications for lung preservation, repair and utilisation

C. Divithotawela (Gaythorne (QLD), Australia)

Source: Virtual Congress 2021 – Lung graft allocation and monitoring in the 21st century
Session: Lung graft allocation and monitoring in the 21st century
Session type: Symposium
Number: 1347

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