Partial heart transplantation can ameliorate donor organ utilization.

Curry Sherard Miriam AtteyaAndrew D VogelCora BisbeeLillian KangJoseph W TurekTaufiek Konrad Rajab

Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2022)

Partial heart transplantation can be performed using donor hearts with poor ventricular function and slow progression to donation after cardiac death. This should ameliorate donor heart utilization and avoid both primary orthotopic heart transplantation in children with unrepairable heart valve dysfunction and progression of these children to end-stage heart failure.

Keyphrases

heart failure
left ventricular
young adults
atrial fibrillation
aortic valve
mitral valve
oxidative stress
cardiac resynchronization therapy
aortic stenosis