1098 TOYODA Y et al. nors, and (2) coordinating the donation process when actual donors
become available. There are 58 OPOs in the United States. When donors become available …

Cardiac transplantation remains the first choice for the surgical treatment of end stage heart
failure. An inadequate supply of donor grafts that meet existing criteria has limited the …

Orthotopic heart transplantation is the gold standard treatment for end-stage heart failure.
However, the persistent shortage of available donor organs has resulted in an ever …

Background: Expansion of traditional donor criteria has become standard in most centers.
To determine how this has affected donor profiles, at our institution, we reviewed all adult …

Background: Transplantation of hearts retrieved from donation after circulatory death (DCD)
donors is an evolving clinical practice. Objectives: The purpose of this study is to provide an …

The evaluation of organ donors is of critical importance in all areas of solid organ
transplantation. Donor characteristics have been shown to have robust effects on heart …

Despite advances in mechanical support, heart transplantation still remains the gold
standard treatment for end-stage drugresistant heart failure. It provides both excellent long …

Assessment of potential donors is an essential part of heart transplantation. Despite the
shortage of donor hearts, donor heart procurement from brain-dead organ donors remains …

With the success of organ transplantation and the declining number of heart beating cadaver
donors, the number of patients awaiting a transplant continues to rise. This means that …

The success of cardiac transplantation has led to its widespread application for all etiologies
of end-stage heart disease. As a result, this has resulted in a severe shortage of available …