A comprehensive, multifaceted strategy to increase pediatric donor heart utilization

SA Hollander, S Chen, J Dykes, BD Kaufman… - The Journal of Heart and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background In 2016, we initiated a quality improvement endeavor to increase pediatric heart
offer acceptance. This study assessed the effect of these interventions at our center …

Expanding the Criteria for Heart Transplantation Donors: A Review of DCD, Increased Ischemic Times, HCV, HIV, and Extended Criteria Donors

RT Jenkins, MM Shah, EL Larson… - The Heart Surgery …, 2023 - journal.hsforum.com
With the demand for heart transplantation continuing to outpace the available donor organs,
previously underutilized donors are now being reconsidered. We sought to describe the …

An integrated program to expand donor utilization in pediatric heart transplantation: Case report of successful transplant with multiple donor risk factors

DM Torpoco Rivera, SA Hollander… - Pediatric …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Pediatric heart transplantation (HT) continues to be limited by the shortage of
donor organs, distance constraints, and the number of potential donor offers that are …