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Diario Oficial de la Sociedad Mexicana de Cirugía Cardiaca, A.C., y del Colegio Mexicano de Cirugía Cardiovascular y Torácica, A.C.

2023, Number 3

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Cir Card Mex 2023; 8 (3)

Lung Transplant related to COVID-19 disease. Auribus tenere lupum. (Grab the wolf by the ears)

Orozco-Hernández EJ

Language: English
References: 6
Page: 61-63
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Auribus tenere lupum (Grab the wolf by the ears). Publius Terentius calls upon the human will to overcome fear and confront seemingly unsurpassable situations. COVID-19 brought the whole of humanity to its knees, and with more than 1.5 million deaths in December 2020, we were faced with an enemy of invincible nature.
In June 2020, Barath performed the first lung transplant (LT) due to COVID-19, situating the surgery in the map, as a part of treatment for the unrelenting pandemic. From this moment forward, as is historically common after a pioneering advancement, the diffusion of and debate over the procedure grew exponentially. Multiple centers began selecting patients to be rescued from respiratory disease due to COVID-19.


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