Use of Organs for Heart Transplantation after Rescue Allocation: Comparison of Outcome with Regular Allocated High Urgent Recipients.
Moritz ImmohrUdo BoekenArash MehdianiCharlotte BoettgerHug AubinHannan DalyanogluSophia ErbelDaniel ScheiberRalf WestenfeldPayam AkhyariArtur LichtenbergPublished in: The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon (2020)
Our data support the use of hearts after rescue allocation for elective transplantation of patients without HU status. We could show that patients with rescue allocated organs showed no significant disadvantages in the early perioperative morbidity and mortality as well at 1-year follow-up.