This procedure is known as ECMO -- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation -- and is used occasionally as a bridge to lung transplantation.

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Dr McNeil, an expert in lung transplantation and pulmonary vascular disease, formally took up the running of the trust on Monday after being appointed at the end of last year.

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At the moment, the only sure way of addressing terminal lung disease is transplantation from another person, which can give patients an extra 10 to 20 years of active life.

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