Background Lung transplantation (LTx) can extend life expectancy and enhance the quality
of life for select patients with end-stage lung disease. In the setting of donor lung shortage …

Heart and lung procurements are multiphased processes often accompanied by an array of
complex logistics. Approaches to donor evaluation and management, organ procurement …

Rationale: More than 25 million individuals have heart failure worldwide, with≈ 4000
patients currently awaiting heart transplantation in the United States. Donor organ shortage …

The growing demand for suitable lungs for transplantation drives the quest for alternative
strategies to expand the donor pool. The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcomes of lung …

In an era where there is a shortage of lungs for transplantation is increased utilization of
lungs from donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors. We review the reports of 11 …

OBJECTIVES Due to organ shortage in lung transplantation (LTx), donation after circulatory
death (DCD) has been implemented in several countries, contributing to an increasing …

The implementation of donation after circulatory death category 3 (DCD3) was one of the
attempts to reduce the gap between supply and demand of donor lungs. In the Netherlands …

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Although controlled donation after circulatory determination of death (cDCDD) could
increase the supply of donor lungs within the United States, the yield of lungs from cDCDD …

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 …