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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 98, 333-342, Copyright © 1989 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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The effect of ischemic time and temperature on lung preservation in a simple ex vivo rabbit model used for functional assessment

LS Wang, K Yoshikawa, S Miyoshi, K Nakamoto, CM Hsieh, F Yamazaki, PF Guerreiro Cardoso, HJ Schaefers, J Brito and SH Keshavjee
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Ontario, Canada.

Despite 25 years of research in lung transplantation, little progress has been made in methods for improving lung preservation. To evaluate many factors that may affect lung function after preservation, we have developed a simple, reliable, and inexpensive animal model. This consists of an isolated rabbit lung preparation perfused with blood and ventilated with a closed-circuit system. Heart-lung blocks were harvested and the left lung was assessed after ligation of the right pulmonary artery and right main-stem bronchus. On completion of a storage period, the left lung was ventilated and perfused with fresh rabbit venous blood at a rate of 40 ml/min for 10 minutes. Assessment of lung function included gas analysis of infused and effluent blood, oxygen uptake, mean pulmonary artery perfusion pressure, and mean airway pressure. A control group and six preservation groups were evaluated, each with different storage temperatures (38 degrees C, 34 degrees C, 23 degrees C, 15 degrees C, 10 degrees C, and 4 degrees C). For each temperature, ischemic periods ranging from 1 to 30 hours were studied. In the control group, the lungs were assessed immediately after being harvested. In the preservation groups, the lungs were kept partially inflated, stored at a predetermined temperature by immersion, and later assessed after variable ischemic periods. Our studies demonstrated the following: (1) The degree of impaired lung function produced by ischemia is reflected by a decrease in oxygen uptake and in oxygen tension of the effluent pulmonary venous blood and an increase in pulmonary artery perfusion pressure; (2) hypothermia improves ischemic tolerance; (3) preservation of lung at 10 degrees C is superior to preservation at 15 degrees C and 4 degrees C. This screening model has allowed evaluation of independent multiple factors and methods pertinent to lung preservation and enables one to assess lung function reliably and rapidly.

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