Transplantation of Hearts Donated after Circulatory Death

Transplantation of Hearts Donated after Circulatory Death

Cardiac transplantation has become limited by a critical shortage of suitable organs from brain-dead donors. Reports describing the successful clinical transplantation of hearts donated after circulatory death (DCD) have recently emerged. Hearts from DCD donors suffer significant ischemic injury pri...

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Main Authors: Christopher W. White, Simon J. Messer, Stephen R. Large, Jennifer Conway, Daniel H. Kim, Demetrios J. Kutsogiannis, Jayan Nagendran, Darren H. Freed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Subjects:
donation after circulatory death heart transplantation
donation after circulatory death cardiac graft
Ex vivo heart perfusion
ex situ heart perfusion
ischemic post-conditioning
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcvm.2018.00008/full

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