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Should more donation after cardiac death livers be used in pediatric transplantation?

Christine S HwangSwee-Ling LeveaJustin R ParekhYun LiangDev M DesaiMalcolm MacConmara
Published in: Pediatric transplantation (2018)
Pediatric liver transplant recipients of DCD allografts have comparable patient and allograft survival when compared to DBD allograft recipients. Use of DCD allografts in the pediatric liver transplant population should be strongly considered to increase the donor organ pool.
Keyphrases
  • kidney transplantation
  • left ventricular
  • heart failure
  • cell therapy
  • childhood cancer
  • free survival