Donors brain-dead after successful resuscitation of cardiac arrest: Early outcome and postoperative complications of lung recipients.

Background: The outcomes of lung transplantation (LT) recipients who received a graft from a brain-dead donor after successful resuscitation from cardiac arrest (CA donors) have been poorly described. This study compared the one-year survival of LT recipients depending on the CA status of the donor.

Methods: This prospective observational single-centre study analysed all consecutive patients who underwent LT at Bichat Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, between January 2016 and December 2020.