Donor hyperoxia is a novel risk factor for severe cardiac primary graft dysfunction.
Evan P KransdorfJoshua A RushakoffJiho HanLillian BenckDarren MalinoskiDominic EmersonPedro CatarinoReinaldo RampollaJon A KobashigawaKiran K KhushJignesh K PatelPublished in: The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation (2023)
Donor hyperoxia at heart recovery is a novel risk factor for severe primary graft dysfunction and early recipient death. These results suggest that excessive oxygen supplementation should be minimized during donor management.