The availability of thoracic organ transplantation as the treatment of choice for end-stage
cardiac or pulmonary diseases is limited by the insufficient number of donor organs from …

The availability of thoracic organ transplantation as the treatment of choice for end-stage
cardiac or pulmonary diseases is limited by the insufficient number of donor organs from …

Background After a severe shortage of brain-dead donors, the demand for heart
transplantation has never been greater. In an attempt to increase organ supply, abdominal …

The continuing shortage of deceased donor organs for transplantation, and the limited
number of potential donors after brain death, has led to a resurgence of interest in donation …

Organ donation after circulatory death (DCD) has been endorsed by the World Health
Organization and is practiced worldwide. This overview examines current DCD practices …

The donation after cardiac death (DCD) donor, formerly referred to as the non–heart-beating
donor, is a type of expanded-criteria donor. Over the past decade, DCD has been the fastest …

Heart transplantation from donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors is a rapidly
expanding practice. In this review, we describe the history and challenges of DCD heart …

Donation after cardiac death (DCD) describes the retrieval of organs for the purposes of
transplantation that follows death confirmed using circulatory criteria (the cessation of the …

Purpose Heart transplantation from donation after circulatory determined death (DCD) is
now established in clinical practice at our institute. We report on updated early outcomes of …

Cardiac transplantation has become limited by a critical shortage of suitable organs from
brain-dead donors. Reports describing the successful clinical transplantation of hearts …