Thromboelastography profiles for controlled circulatory death donors: Validating the role of heparin.
William Christian CrannellMitch SallyKeeley McConnellChris ConnellyErin MaynardElizabeth DeweyPeter AbtC Kristian EnestvedtPublished in: Clinical transplantation (2021)
Controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD) liver transplants are associated with increased ischemic-type biliary complications. Microvascular thrombosis secondary to decreased donor fibrinolysis may contribute to bile duct injury. We hypothesized that cDCD donors are hypercoagulable with impaired fibrinolysis and aim to use thromboelastography to characterize cDCD coagulation profiles.