Cochrane, Maria Crespo Leiro, Anne Dipchand, Brian Feingold, Kathleen Grady, Edward
Horn, Maryl Johnson, Donna Mancini, Sean Pinney, Heather Ross, Kari Wujcik, Andreas …

CHAIR: Costanzo MR: Midwest Heart Foundation, Lombard Illinois, USA TASK FORCE 1:
Dipchand A: Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Ontario, Canada; Starling R: Cleveland …

The proposed donor heart selection guidelines provide evidence-based and expert-
consensus recommendations for the selection of donor hearts following brain death. These …

Background Heart transplantation has become standard of care for pediatric patients with
either end‐stage heart failure or inoperable congenital heart defects. Despite increasing …

Selection of the appropriate donor is essential to a successful allograft recipient outcome for
solid organ transplantation. Multiple infectious diseases have been transmitted from the …

Transmission of pathogens from donor to recipient is a potential complication of organ
transplantation. Herein, we describe the clinical course and outcomes of 4 transplant …

Objective To contribute to updating the recommendations for brain-dead potential organ
donor management. Method A group of 27 experts, including intensivists, transplant …

OBJECTIVE: Over the past years both donor and recipient profiles have changed in heart
transplantation. Satisfactory clinical outcomes of marginal donors in candidates> 60 years of …

In solid organ transplantation, the disparity between donor supply and patients awaiting
transplant continues to increase. The organ shortage has led to relaxation of historic …

Solid-organ transplantation in pediatrics can be a life-saving procedure, but it cannot be
accomplished without risk of infection-related morbidity and mortality. Evaluation of the …