University Hospital Marques de Valdecilla 1 article published in JoVE Medicine Lung Rapid Recovery Procurement Combined with Abdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion in Controlled Donation after Circulatory Death Sara Naranjo Gozalo1,2, Maria de los Angeles Ballesteros Sanz3, Carlos Alvarez De Arriba1, Victor Manuel Mora Cuesta4, Eduardo Miñambres García2,3, Laura Sánchez Moreno1 1Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung transplant Unit, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, 2University of Cantabria School of Medicine, 3Intensive Care Unit, Donor Coordination Unit, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, 4Department of Pneumology, Lung Transplant Unit, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla The protocol combines a lung cooling rapid recovery technique with abdominal normothermic regional perfusion for abdominal graft procurement in controlled asystole donors, which is a safe and useful method to expand the donor pool.
