Transplantation of donor hearts after circulatory death using normothermic regional perfusion and cold storage preservation.

Katrien Vandendriessche Vincent Tchana-Sato Didier LedouxKarlien DegezelleSteffen Rex Arne P Neyrinck Ina Jochmans Diethard Monbaliu Christophe VandenbrieleJohan Van CleemputBart Meyns Filip R Rega

Published in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2021)

Donation after circulatory death heart transplantation using thoraco-abdominal NRP and subsequent cold storage preservation for up to 129 min was safe for 4 procedures and could be a way to expand the donor heart pool while avoiding costs of machine preservation.

Keyphrases

extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
heart failure
atrial fibrillation
computed tomography
bone marrow
abdominal aortic aneurysm
kidney transplantation