Packing the donor heart: Is SherpaPak cold preservation technique safer compared to ice cold storage.

Macit Bitargil Osama Haddad Si M Pham Neha Garg Samuel Jacob Magdy Mohamed El-Sayed Ahmed Kevin Landolfo Parag C Patel Rohan M Goswami Juan Carlos Leoni Moreno Daniel S Yip Basar Sareyyupoglu

Published in: Clinical transplantation (2022)

The SherpaPak donor heart preservation provides safe outcomes in heart transplant patients. Further research is needed to utilize this method for longer durations of ischemic time and expand travel distances for organ transportation.

Keyphrases

heart failure
end stage renal disease
atrial fibrillation
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
ischemia reperfusion injury
patient reported outcomes
oxidative stress
blood brain barrier
brain injury
patient reported