Allogeneic lung transplantation (LuTx) is considered the treatment of choice for a broad
range of advanced, progressive lung diseases resistant to conventional treatment regimens …

Background Given the shortage of suitable donor hearts for cardiac transplantation and the
growing interest in donation after circulatory death (DCD), our institution recently began …

Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) is the clinical syndrome of acute lung injury after lung
transplantation (LTx). However, PGD is an umbrella term that encompasses the ongoing …

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 …

Purpose of review With increasing survival of patients with stage D heart failure, the demand
for heart transplantation has increased. The supply of donor hearts remains relatively …

Thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion (TA-NRP) has recently begun being
utilized in the United States for recovery of cardiothoracic allografts from some donors after …

Successful normothermic machine perfusion of heart allografts (MPH) has led to rapid
growth in transplantation of donation after circulatory death (DCD) heart allografts but has …

Cardiac xenotransplantation from swine has been proposed to “bridge the gap” in supply for
heart failure patients requiring transplantation. Recent preclinical success using genetically …

Advanced heart failure affects tens of thousands of people in the United States alone with
high morbidity and mortality. Cardiac transplantation offers the best treatment strategy, but …

Introduction The impact of donation after circulatory death (DCD) heart procurement
techniques on the utilization and outcomes of concurrently procured DCD livers and kidneys …