Underutilization of less-than-ideal, yet transplant-worthy organs remains an obstacle to
maximizing the impact of the US transplant system. The increased risk of inferior …

Objectives: To summarize waitlist and transplant outcomes in kidney, liver, lung, and heart
transplantation using organ donation after circulatory death (DCD). Background: DCD has …

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

Background Use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as bridge to lung
transplant has increased. However, little is known about patients placed on ECMO who die …

Methods We conducted a review of the literature by performing a search of the PubMed
database on 2 April 2023. To find relevant publications on CD38, we utilized the MeSH …

Background We sought to analyze the influence of lung donor type (brain death [BD] vs
controlled donation after cardiac death [DCD]) on lung graft viability and to compare short …

Objective Innovative technology such as normothermic regional perfusion and the Organ
Care System has expanded donation after circulatory death heart transplantation. We …

Abstract Purpose of Review While the number of lung transplants continues to increase,
there remains an imbalance between potential lung transplant candidates and acceptable …

Background Donation after circulatory death with thoracoabdominal normothermic regional
perfusion (DCD-NRP) for cardiac transplant has promising results, though data for lung …

Background Mobile ex vivo lung perfusion (mEVLP) allows transportation of lung allografts
while maintaining ventilation and perfusion and has demonstrated safety and efficacy with …