Lung transplantation through controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD) has slowly
gained universal acceptance with reports of equivalent outcomes to those through donation …

Chronic organ shortage remains the most limiting factor in lung transplantation. To
overcome this shortage, a minority of centers have started with efforts to reintroduce …

Many lung transplant programs now use organs from donors after circulatory death (DCD).
However, brain dead donors far outnumber DCD donors, particularly in the United States. At …

Background Lung transplants from donation after circulatory death (DCD) have been
scarcely used in the United States. Concerns about the warm ischemic injury, resource mal …

Controlled donation after circulatory death donors (cDCD) are becoming a frequent source
of lungs grafts worldwide. Conversely, lung transplantations (LTx) from uncontrolled donors …

Background Since the first reported series in 1995, transplantation of lungs recovered
through donation after circulatory determination of death (DCDD) has steadily increased. In …

Purpose In countries with a legal framework for physician-assisted death, organ donation
after euthanasia (DCD-V) can increase the donor pool. DCD-V grafts are characterized by …

Introduction Donation after circulatory death (DCD) is an evolving method for lung
transplantation (LTx) with results comparable to donation after brain death (DBD). Materials …

OBJECTIVES Donor organ shortage remains to be the major limitation in lung
transplantation, and donation after circulatory death (DCD) might represent one way to …

The implementation of donation after circulatory death category 3 (DCD3) was one of the
attempts to reduce the gap between supply and demand of donor lungs. In the Netherlands …