Cardiogenic shock can occur due to acute ischaemic or non-ischaemic cardiac events, or
from progression of long-standing underlying heart disease. When addressing the cause of …

This 34th Adult Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Report summarizes data from 60,107 adult
lung and 3,992 adult heart-lung transplants performed through June 30, 2016, and reported …

Background Data showing the efficacy and safety of the transplantation of hearts obtained
from donors after circulatory death as compared with hearts obtained from donors after brain …

BACKGROUND In an effort to address the increasing demand for heart transplantation
within the United Kingdom (UK), we established a clinical program of heart transplantation …

This executive summary provides the essential treatment algorithms for the resuscitation of
children and adults and highlights the main guideline changes since 2010. Detailed …

Banking cryopreserved organs could transform transplantation into a planned procedure
that more equitably reaches patients regardless of geographical and time constraints …

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 …

A decision to withdraw life-sustaining treatment (WLST) is derived by a conclusion that
further treatment will not enable a patient to survive or will not produce a functional outcome …

Background The requirement for heart transplantation is increasing, vastly outgrowing the
supply of hearts available from donation after brain death (DBD) donors. Transplanting …

Summary Background The Organ Care System is the only clinical platform for ex-vivo
perfusion of human donor hearts. The system preserves the donor heart in a warm beating …