Currently, static cold storage (SCS) of hearts from donations after brainstem death remains
the standard clinically. However, machine perfusion (MP) is considered an approach for …

Recent advancement in organ perfusion technology has led to increase clinical
transplantation of marginal donor organs and allow for distant procurement of cardiac …

Mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation are established surgical options for
treatment of advanced heart failure. Since the prevalence of advanced heart failure is …

Advanced heart failure affects tens of thousands of people in the United States alone with
high morbidity and mortality. Cardiac transplantation offers the best treatment strategy, but …

Due to the discrepancy between patients awaiting a heart transplant and the availability of
donor hearts, strategies to expand the donor pool and improve the transplant's success are …

Abstract Purpose of Review Recent advances in donor heart preservation have allowed the
utilization of hearts that would typically be discarded due to prolonged ischemic times or …

Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is common after cardiac transplantation and results in poorer
outcomes. Transplant recipients are at high prohibitive risk for redo surgical procedures …

In 2009, when we initiated our randomized controlled trial [1] we decided to use HRCT in all
our patients because it was the most exact radiological examination to reveal blebs/bullae in …

[1] Suciu BA, Halmaciu I, Vunvulea V, Brınzaniuc K. Is there any correlation between
pretreatment haemoglobin levels and prognosis of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer …

Гипотермическая консервация является стандартным, но ограниченным по времени
методом сохранения аллографтов для выполнения трансплантации сердца …