The authors described function of the transplanted lung as good during the first five postoperative months. However, the Associated Press reported on March 19 that the woman died of cytomegalovirus the day after the article was published. Dr. Steen and colleagues reported in The Lancet that they started to cool the donor's lung's 65 minutes after death and removed them three hours after death. They estimated that lungs whose metabolic rate is reduced by cooling could survive at least 12 hours. Dr. Steen told the Associated Press he has permission to try the operation in eight more patients.
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