Equivalent Long-term Transplantation Outcomes for Kidneys Donated After Brain Death and Cardiac Death: Conclusions From a Nationwide Evaluation

Equivalent Long-term Transplantation Outcomes for Kidneys Donated After Brain Death and Cardiac Death: Conclusions From a Nationwide Evaluation

Background: Despite growing waiting lists for renal transplants, hesitations persist with regard to the use of deceased after cardiac death (DCD) renal grafts. We evaluated the outcomes of DCD donations in The Netherlands, the country with the highest proportion of DCD procedures (42.9%) to test whe...

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Main Authors: Alexander Schaapherder, Leonie G.M. Wijermars, Dorottya K. de Vries, Aiko P.J. de Vries, Frederike J. Bemelman, Jacqueline van de Wetering, Arjan D. van Zuilen, Maarten H.L. Christiaans, Luuk H. Hilbrands, Marije C. Baas, Azam S. Nurmohamed, Stefan P. Berger, Ian P. Alwayn, Esther Bastiaannet, Jan H.N. Lindeman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-10-01
Series:EClinicalMedicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537018300324

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