In this manuscript, we present the first experience of evaluating donation after circulatory
death (DCD) lungs, using the normothermic preservation Organ Care System (OCS) and …

Methods We reviewed the data from the 17 NOVEL Extension trial sites utilizing the XVIVO
XPS™ platform and found 9 sites that had performed DCD recoveries with the XPS (median …

We developed a protocol to procure lungs from uncontrolled donors after circulatory
determination of death (NCT 02061462). Subjects with cardiovascular collapse, treated on …

Purpose Lung transplantation (LTx) from donors after circulatory death following euthanasia
(DCD-V) was first reported in 2011. We updated our total experience with such donors …

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2016; 13 (3) mortality (including waiting list
mortality)[9, 10]. Our own analysis in a cohort of 237 patients did not show any detrimental …

Thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion (TA-NRP) has recently begun being
utilized in the United States for recovery of cardiothoracic allografts from some donors after …

The availability of thoracic organ transplantation as the treatment of choice for end-stage
cardiac or pulmonary diseases is limited by the insufficient number of donor organs from …

Purpose The ISHLT recently established a donation after cardiac death (DCD) registry which
captures detailed data in DCD lung transplantation (LTx), an approach that has a potential to …

Organ shortage remains a limiting factor in lung transplantation. 1 Traditionally, donation
after brain death has been the main source of lungs used for transplantation; however, to …

Lung transplantations that utilize donor organs after cardiac death (DCD) can substantially
increase the number of available allografts for waiting recipients. Unfortunately, reported …