Improved long-term outcomes after heart transplantation utilizing donors with a traumatic mode of brain death.
Eilon RamJacob LaveeDov FreimarkElad MaorYigal KassifLeonid SternikAlexander KoganYael PeledPublished in: Journal of cardiothoracic surgery (2019)
Mode of brain death significantly impacts HTx outcomes, with TBD being associated with reduced mortality, rejections and CAV.