BACKGROUND:: Heart donor availability continues to limit cardiac transplantation rates and
many donor hearts are not transplanted because of left ventricular dysfunction. The aim of …

A review of factors contributing to early mortality after cardiac transplantation revealed that
up to 25% of deaths were due to primary graft dysfunction unrelated to rejection or infection …

BACKGROUND:: Because of the shortage of heart donors in the United States, efforts are
necessary to maximize the yield of donor screening. The purpose of this study was to …

Objectives New onset of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in organ donors is frequent and
considered as a contraindication for utilization of the heart. However, such dysfunction might …

The cause of brain death and the physiologic sequelae of brain death may impair heart
function. Pharmacologic attempts to maintain donor viability may further jeopardize …

BACKGROUND: Evaluating donor heart as accurately as possible upon the organ
procurement would help lead careful post-transplant heart management. Our institution …

To the Editor: Cardiac transplantation is a widely accepted treatment for patients with
advanced heart failure. Unfortunately only 1 in 8 hearts offered for donation is accepted for …

Objective Despite small single-center reports demonstrating acceptable outcomes using
donor hearts with left ventricular dysfunction, 19% of potential donor hearts are currently …

Background Traditional methods for the functional evaluation of a donor heart have relied on
superficial hemodynamic data and visual inspection of the action of the heart at sternotomy …

BACKGROUND:: Although myocardial dysfunction severe enough to preclude harvest for
transplantation has been reported in approximately 20% of potential adult organ donors, the …