Transplantation of a heart donated after circulatory death via thoraco-abdominal normothermic regional perfusion and results from the first Spanish case.
Marina Pérez RedondoSara Alcántara CarmonaSusana Villar GarcíaAlberto Forteza-GilHéctor Villanueva FernándezFrancisco José Hernández-PérezJose Luis Campo-Cañaveral de la CruzRocío Velasco CalvoJavier SegoviaBeatriz Alonso MenárguezFrancisco Del Río GallegosElisabeth CollBeatriz Dominguez-GilJuan José Rubio MuñozPublished in: Journal of cardiothoracic surgery (2020)
This case report, the first of its kind in Spain, supports the feasibility of evaluating and successfully transplanting cDCD hearts without the need for ex-situ perfusion based on the use of thoraco-abdominal normothermic regional perfusion opening the way for multiorgan donation in cDCD.