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 …

Background Lung transplants from donation after circulatory death (DCD) have been
scarcely used in the United States. Concerns about the warm ischemic injury, resource mal …

OBJECTIVES Donor organ shortage remains to be the major limitation in lung
transplantation, and donation after circulatory death (DCD) might represent one way to …

The implementation of donation after circulatory death category 3 (DCD3) was one of the
attempts to reduce the gap between supply and demand of donor lungs. In the Netherlands …

Background The objective of this study was to review the international experience in lung
transplantation using lung donation after circulatory death (DCD). Methods In this …

Background Donation after cardiac death (DCD) to overcome the donor organ shortage is
well accepted in the clinical setting, although long-term outcome after DCD lung …

Many lung transplant programs now use organs from donors after circulatory death (DCD).
However, brain dead donors far outnumber DCD donors, particularly in the United States. At …

Lung transplantation (LTx) has traditionally been limited by a lack of suitable donor lungs.
With the recognition that lungs are more robust than initially thought, the size of the donor …

Background The number of lung transplants from donors after circulatory death has
increased over the last decade. This study aimed to describe the evolution and outcomes …

Introduction Donation after circulatory death (DCD) is an evolving method for lung
transplantation (LTx) with results comparable to donation after brain death (DBD). Materials …