Association Between Prolonged Graft Ischemia and Primary Graft Failure or Survival Following Lung Transplantation

Using UNOS data, the authors evaluated long-term survival and primary graft failure (PGF) comparing cohorts with less than and more than 6 hours of graft ischemia.  31% of patients had prolonged ischemia.  There was no association between prolonged ischemia and PGF or survival at 1 and 5 years.