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Canadian Respiratory Journal
Volume 2017, Article ID 5947978, 5 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/5947978
Research Article

Mechanical Circulatory Support as a Bridge to Lung Transplantation: A Single Canadian Institution Review

Katie Kinaschuk,1 Sabin J. Bozso,2 Kieran Halloran,3 Ali Kapasi,3 Kathy Jackson,4 and Jayan Nagendran2,5,6

1Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
2Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Edmonton, AB, Canada
3Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
4Human Organ Procurement and Exchange Program, Edmonton, AB, Canada
5Canadian National Transplant Research Program, Edmonton, AB, Canada
6Alberta Transplant Institute, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Correspondence should be addressed to Jayan Nagendran; ac.atreblau@nayaj

Received 1 May 2017; Accepted 2 August 2017; Published 29 August 2017

Academic Editor: Antoni Torres

Copyright © 2017 Katie Kinaschuk et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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