Background Severe primary graft dysfunction (PGD) is a major cause of early mortality after
heart transplant, but the impact of donor organ preservation conditions on severity of PGD …

Hypothermia is commonly used to protect donor hearts during transplantation. However,
patients transplanted with aged donor hearts still have severe myocardial injury and …

Clinical features of allograft injury are often unreliable, and context within the transplant
journey is key. In the setting of post-transplant allograft dysfunction, the choice of initial …

BACKGROUND Hypoxemia is the most common barrier to lungs being transplanted from
eligible organ donors who are brain dead (BD). Atelectasis is the principal reversible …

Lung transplantation is the most effective modality for the treatment of patients with end-
stage lung diseases. Unfortunately, many people cannot benefit from this therapy due to …

The ultimate decision to place high-risk candidates on the heart transplantation waitlist
should be based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative data analysis informed by …

MATERIALS AND METHODS For this consensus document, a panel of experts on cardiac
transplantation using DCD was convened as the writing group. Each section was based on …

Introduction The present study aimed to compare the clinical outcomes of heart transplant
patients whose donor hearts were preserved with the SherpaPak controlled cold organ …

Background The current standard for donor heart preservation consists of cold organ
storage in three sequential plastic bags. This technique can cause freezing injuries of the …

Lung transplantation (LTx) has become a standard therapy with growing activity over the
years that improves the quantity and the quality of life for selected patients suffering from end …