Synchronous Donor Heart and Lung Procurement Does Not Impair Outcomes After Heart Transplant.
Freya Sophie JenkinsCharlotte BoettgerMoritz Benjamin ImmohrPayam AkhyariHug AubinIgor TudoracheDennis SigettiDaniel OehlerArtur LichtenbergUdo BoekenPublished in: Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation (2023)
Our study confirms that synchronous heart and lung procurement for transplant is not associated with worse outcomes in heart transplant recipients and that hearts originating from heart-andlung donors may even be associated with improved outcomes.