Lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension on intraoperative and postoperatively prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation provides optimally controlled reperfusion and excellent outcome.

3 ). Comparison with patient group transplanted without prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation At all time points, survival rates were better in the prolonged ECMO group: 92.7% vs 83.9% at 90 days, 90.2% vs 77.4% at 1 year, 87.4% vs 77.4% at 3 years and 87.4% vs 77.4% at 5 years, respectively, although these differences did not reach statistical significance ( P = 0.189) (Fig. 2 ).

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