Outcomes following concomitant multiorgan heart transplantation from circulatory death donors: The United States experience.
Alice L ZhouAlexandra A RizaldiArmaan F AkbarJessica M RuckElizabeth A KingAhmet KilicPublished in: The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation (2024)
Multiorgan heart candidates who were willing to consider DCD offers had favorable waitlist outcomes, and heart-kidney recipients of DCD transplants had similar post-transplant outcomes to recipients of DBD transplants. We recommend the use of DCD organs to increase the donor pool for these high-risk candidates.