For folks ready for a lung transplant, each cellphone name could possibly be life altering. But too many donor lungs are nonetheless turned down. In this episode of Tomorrow’s Cure from Mayo Clinic, host Cathy Wurzer explores how ex vivo lung perfusion, or EVLP, helps flip a “no” right into a “maybe” and typically a “yes” for sufferers who’re working out of choices.
Cathy talks with Mayo Clinic cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Jack Haney and Brandi Zofkie, Associate Vice President at Lung Bioengineering, about how EVLP retains lungs alive exterior the physique so consultants can higher consider and typically enhance them earlier than transplant. They talk about actual affected person influence, the logistics of creating this expertise accessible to extra facilities and the sincere challenges that also stay.
Listeners will hear why this innovation issues now and what it may imply for the way forward for lung transplantation, from increasing the donor pool to providing extra second probabilities to breathe.
0:00 Introduction and Why Donor Lungs Are in Short Supply
0:23 How EVLP Expands Transplant Possibilities
1:21 What Lung Transplant Waiting Really Feels Like
3:48 How Lungs Are Allocated and Wait Times
6:04 The National Supply–Demand Mismatch Explained
7:45 What Makes a Donor Lung “Quality”
9:15 Inside the EVLP Evaluation Process
19:19 How EVLP Increases Usable Lungs Nationwide
21:28 Patient Outcomes Using EVLP‑Supported Lungs
32:49 Future Potential: Therapies, Equity, Expansion
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