Resuscitation, preservation, and evaluation of hearts donated after circulatory death: an avenue to expand the donor pool for transplantation

Resuscitation, preservation, and evaluation of hearts donated after circulatory death: an avenue to expand the donor pool for transplantation

Cardiac transplantation is the treatment of choice for eligible patients with advanced heart failure; however, it is limited by a critical shortage of suitable organs from traditional brain-dead donors. Organs donated following circulatory death (DCD) have been used to successfully expand the pool o...

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Main Author: White, Christopher W.
Other Authors: Freed, Darren (Physiology and Pathophysiology) Hryshko, Larry (Physiology and Pathophysiology)
Published: John Wiley and Sons 2017
Subjects:
Heart transplantation
Organ donation
Organ preservation
Ex vivo heart perfusion
Donation after circulatory death
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/32171

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