Allogeneic lung transplantation (LuTx) is considered the treatment of choice for a broad
range of advanced, progressive lung diseases resistant to conventional treatment regimens …

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 …

Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) is the clinical syndrome of acute lung injury after lung
transplantation (LTx). However, PGD is an umbrella term that encompasses the ongoing …

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 …

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

Traditional ice storage has been the historic standard for preserving donor's hearts.
However, this approach provides variability in cooling, increasing risks of freezing injury. To …

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 …

Purpose of review With increasing survival of patients with stage D heart failure, the demand
for heart transplantation has increased. The supply of donor hearts remains relatively …

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

Background The prevalence of end-stage heart failure and patients who could benefit from
heart transplantation requires an expansion of the donor pool, relying on the transplant …