To allow a chance for survival, that source of infection had to go. Both lungs were removed and the patient switched to ECMO ...

For two days, the patient lived as a human being with no lungs, stabilized by a machine that breathed and buffered his ...

Doctors at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago saved the life of young man using a total artificial lung that sustained him until he could receive a transplant.

When the infection is so severe that the lungs are melting, they’re irrecoverably damaged," said thoracic surgeon Ankit ...

Humans can't live without lungs, but Ankit Bharat's patient did for 48 hours.

In 2023 thoracic surgeon Ankit Bharat was working at Northwestern Memorial Hospital when he was drafted to help a 33-year-old ...

Northwestern total artificial lung system kept a patient alive for 48 hours after lung removal before transplant, improving ...

Surgeons report a case in which artificial lungs kept a man alive for 48 hours after both lungs were removed, allowing time for a transplant.

A flu infection can spiral out of control and destroy the lungs. In extreme cases, doctors must take extraordinary measures ...

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The procedure, led by Dr Ankit Bharat, thoracic surgeon at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, ...