Aims To identify reports of patients who underwent cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
prior to solid organ donation and compare recipient and organ function outcomes to those …

AIMS OF THE STUDY The lack of suitable donor organs limits the number of solid organ
transplants. Patients who underwent cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after cardiac …

Background Heart transplantation (HTx) is the best therapy for end-stage heart failure.
Unfortunately, death on the waiting list remains a problem. Decreasing the number of …

Objective: For many patients who suffer cardiac arrest, cardiopulmonary resuscitation does
not result in long-term survival. For some of these patients, the evolution to donation of …

Background The aim of this study was to compare the outcomes of heart transplantation from
cardiopulmonary-resuscitated donors (CPR+) to those who received hearts from donors who …

Background We compared the characteristics and outcomes of post-arrest donors to those of
other donors, described the proportion of post-arrest decedents who donated, and …

Summary “Organ preserving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (OP‐CPR)” is defined as the use
of CPR in cases of cardiac arrest to preserve organs for transplantation, rather than to revive …

Introduction As organ demand outpaces supply in the United States, donation after cardiac
death (DCD) is increasing, and the leading cause of death among donors is now …

INTRODUCTION AND AIMS: The shortage of donor organs has prompted increased
acceptance of hearts from donors with more comorbidities. With increasing frequency, hearts …

BACKGROUND: The gap between demand of transplantable organs and their supply
continues to widen. Trauma patients constitute a significant proportion of organ donors. The …