Donation after circulatory death is associated with increased fibrosis on 1-year post-transplant kidney allograft surveillance biopsy.
Dirk J van der WindtRajil B MehtaSundaram HariharanParmjeet S RandhawaParmjeet S RandhawaMichele MolinariMichele MolinariMartin WijkstromArmando GanozaAmit D TevarPublished in: Clinical transplantation (2021)
Compared to DBD kidneys, DCD kidneys developed a greater degree of fibrotic changes on 1-year post-transplant surveillance biopsy, which affected graft longevity within the DCD cohort.