Circulatory support during lung transplantation.

Purpose Of Review: Lung transplantation can be performed off-pump, with sequential one-lung ventilation, or using mechanical circulatory support (MCS). MCS can either be in the form of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) or veno-arterial or veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO or VV ECMO).This article reviews the indications, benefits and limitations of these different techniques and evaluates their effect on outcomes.