There have been ongoing efforts by federal agencies and scientific communities since the
early 1990s to incorporate sex and/or gender in all aspects of cardiovascular research …

Heart Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) has the potential to significantly increase the
number of patients benefitting from heart transplantation. However, the expansion of DCD …

Purpose Device-induced blood damage contributes the hemolysis, thrombosis and bleeding
complications in patients supported with ventricular assist device (VAD). This study aims to …

The effect of using donation after circulatory death (DCD) hearts on waitlist outcomes has
not been substantiated. We retrospectively analyzed 184 heart transplant (HT) candidates at …

Thrombosis is one of the main complications in patients implanted with ventricular assist
device (VAD). The complicated structure and disturbed flow field within failure heart and …

In donation after circulatory death (DCD), cardiac grafts are subjected to warm ischemia in
situ, prior to a brief period of cold, static storage (CSS) at procurement, and ex situ …

Background Primary graft dysfunction (PGD), the leading cause of early mortality after heart
transplantation, is more common following donation after circulatory death (DCD) than …

Objective. Adopting hearts from donation after circulatory death (DCD) is a promising
approach to enlarge the donor pool. Nevertheless, DCD hearts experience severe warm …

The gold-standard therapy for advanced-stage heart failure is cardiac transplantation. Since
the first heart transplant in 1967, the majority of hearts transplanted came from brain death …

Worldwide, the majority of heart transplant organs are from donation after brain death.
However, the shortage of suitable donors places severe limitations on this route. One option …