Background—Despite a national organ-donor shortage and a growing population of patients
with end-stage heart disease, the acceptance rate of donor hearts for transplantation is low …

Heart transplantation is an effective mode of treatment for patients suffering from end-stage
heart failure but the demand for hearts far outweighs supply. Approximately 10e20% of …

Heart transplantation is recommended for patients with advanced heart failure refractory to
medical and device therapy, and who do not have absolute contraindications. When patients …

BACKGROUND: The deleterious effects of brainstem death (BSD) on donor cardiac function
and endothelial integrity have been documented previously. Domino cardiac donation (heart …

Background Cardiac transplantation is an effective therapy for patients with end-stage heart
failure, but it is still hindered by the lack of donor organs. A history of donor cardiac arrest …

La muerte encefálica comporta el cese completo e irreversible de las funciones de ambos
hemisferios cerebrales y del tronco encefálico. Esto conlleva trastornos fisiopatológicos muy …

Introducción y objetivos La escasez de donantes cardiacos limita la expansión de los
programas de trasplante. Nuestro objetivo es valorar el impacto de las diferentes causas de …