Importance The option of donating organs after euthanasia is not well known. Assessment of
the results of organ transplants with grafts donated after euthanasia is essential to justify the …

Because of the shortfall between the number of patients listed for liver transplantation (LT)
and the available grafts, strategies to expand the donor pool have been developed …

Background Published reports describing the national experience with liver grafts from
donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors have resulted in reservations with their …

Introduction The use of grafts from donation after circulatory death (DCD) is an important
additional source to implement within the donor pool. We herein report the outcomes of our …

Background As new sources of organs are needed, liver transplantation using donors after
cardiac death (DCD) is progressively increasing, but outcomes with this method are still …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Organ scarcity has resulted in increased utilization of donation after
cardiac death (DCD) donors. Prior analysis of patient survival following DCD liver …

The use of livers from donation after circulatory death (DCD) is increasing, but concerns
exist regarding outcomes following use of grafts from “marginal” donors. To compare …

Livers from DCD remain a partially tapped resource for patients who require transplantation.
Although some centers have successful experiences with DCD LTX, there are challenges …

Donation after cardiac death (DCD) is an important source for expanding the donor pool for
liver transplantation (LT). Although the long‐term outcomes of LT using DCD grafts have …

BACKGROUND: Use of donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors has been proposed as
an effective way to expand the availability of hepatic allografts used in orthotopic liver …