[HTML][HTML] Strategies for Expanding Donors Pool in Heart Transplantation

S Jacob, P Garg, I Wadiwala, JH Yazji… - Reviews in …, 2022 - imrpress.com
Heart transplant remains the criterion standard treatment for patients in end-stage heart
failure. Improvement in the post-heart transplant outcomes in the last decade has …

Heart transplantation with donation after circulatory determination of death

SL Longnus, V Mathys, M Dornbierer, F Dick… - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
The constant shortage of available organs is a major obstacle and limiting factor in heart
transplantation; the discrepancy between the number of donors and potential recipients …

Heart transplantation from donation after circulatory death donors: present and future

M Quader, S Toldo, Q Chen, G Hundley… - Journal of cardiac …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The first successful human heart transplantation was reported on 3 December 1967, by
Christiaan Barnard in South Africa. Since then this life‐saving procedure has been …

[HTML][HTML] Heart transplantation using organs from donors following circulatory death: the journey continues

FD Pagani - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2022 - jacc.org
Heart transplantation remains plagued by a limitation in the number of donor organs that has
restricted its epidemiological benefit. Over the past decade, the number of heart transplants …

The potential of cardiac allografts from donors after cardiac death at the University of Wisconsin Organ Procurement Organization

S Osaki, JE Anderson, MR Johnson… - European journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential availability of hearts from
adult donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors within an acceptable hypoxic period …

Selection and management of cardiac allograft donors

D Novitzky - Current Opinion in Cardiology, 1996 - journals.lww.com
The selection of suitable donor hearts is essential for successful recipient outcome. Early
allograft failure accounts for approximately 25% of deaths in heart transplantation recipients …

[HTML][HTML] Dilemmas concerning heart procurement in controlled donation after circulatory death

SEK genaamd Dengler, MT Vervoorn… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
With an expanding population at risk for heart failure and the resulting increase in patients
admitted to the waiting list for heart transplantation, the demand of viable organs exceeds …

The future of heart procurement with donation after circulatory death: current practice and opportunities for advancement

A Ayer, JN Schroder, S Casalinova, JW Doberne… - The Journal of Heart and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Heart Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) has the potential to significantly increase the
number of patients benefitting from heart transplantation. However, the expansion of DCD …

What is the potential increase in the heart graft pool by cardiac donation after circulatory death?

T Noterdaeme, O Detry, MF Hans… - Transplant …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Heart transplantation remains the only definite treatment option for end‐stage heart
diseases. The use of hearts procured after donation after circulatory death (DCD) could help …

[HTML][HTML] The future of cardiac transplantation

K Koomalsingh, JA Kobashigawa - Annals of Cardiothoracic …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The first human-to-human heart transplant was performed 50 years ago in 1967. Heart
transplantation has now entered an era of tremendous growth and innovation. The future of …