Successful normothermic machine perfusion of heart allografts (MPH) has led to rapid
growth in transplantation of donation after circulatory death (DCD) heart allografts but has …

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the use of donation after circulatory
death (DCD) hearts for transplantation. 1 Successful reports from Australia and the United …

Background the incidence of organ donation after circulatory death (DCD) is increasing;
however, heart use has lagged behind other solid organs. Ex vivo perfusion devices are …

Donation after circulatory death (DCD) could account for the largest expansion of the donor
allograft pool in the contemporary era. However, the organ yield and associated costs of …

The adoption of cardiac transplantation following circulatory death has increased overall
cardiac transplantation in those transplant centers who have incorporated these donors …

Background Given the shortage of suitable donor hearts for cardiac transplantation and the
growing interest in donation after circulatory death (DCD), our institution recently began …

Introduction The impact of donation after circulatory death (DCD) heart procurement
techniques on the utilization and outcomes of concurrently procured DCD livers and kidneys …

Objective This pilot study sought to evaluate the feasibility of our donation after circulatory
death (DCD) heart transplantation protocol using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) for …

In response to Okuura et al 1, we would like to address several criticisms, the first of which is
the methodology that we used to categorize procurement techniques into normothermic …

Heart transplantation using donation after circulatory death (DCD) was recently adopted in
the United States. This study aimed to characterize organ yield from adult (≥ 18 years) DCD …