Controlled donation after circulatory death (DCD) has the potential to substantially increase
the number of lung transplants thus offsetting some of the imbalance between need and …

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: Use of lungs donated after circulatory death (DCD) has expanded, but changes
in donor/recipient characteristics and comparison to brain dead donors (DBD) has not been …

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BACKGROUND: Organ donation after cardiac death (DCD) has the potential to alleviate
some of the shortage of suitable lungs for transplantation. Only limited data describe …

Despite evidence for adequate survival outcomes and reported favorable primary graft
dysfunction rates, DCD lung transplantation remains underutilized in most countries. Waiting …

Purpose Whilst the number of donors after brain death (DBD) suitable for lung donation has
decreased in the UK over the last ten years, the number of suitable donors after circulatory …

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 …

Donation-after cardiac death (DCD) donor organs have potential to significantly alleviate the
shortage of transplantable lungs. However, only limited data so far describes DCD lung …

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 …