Adult heart transplantation with distant procurement and ex-vivo preservation of donor hearts after circulatory death: a case series.

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Abstract

Orthotopic heart transplantation is the gold-standard long-term treatment for medically refractive end-stage heart failure. However, suitable cardiac donors are scarce. Although donation after circulatory death has been used for kidney, liver, and lung transplantation, it is not used for heart transplantation. We report a case series of heart transplantations from donors after circulatory death.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Lancet

Title: Lancet (London, England)

ISSN (Electronic): 1474-547X

ISSN (Print): 0140-6736

Publication date (Electronic): Jun 27 2015

Volume: 385

Issue: 9987

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[1 ] Heart & Lung Transplant Unit, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia; St Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: kumud.dhital@svha.org.au.

[2 ] Heart & Lung Transplant Unit, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

[3 ] Heart & Lung Transplant Unit, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

[4 ] The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

[5 ] Department of Clinical Pharmacology, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW, Australia.

[6 ] Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Department of Clinical Perfusion, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

[7 ] Department of Anaesthesia, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

[8 ] Department of Intensive Care, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

[9 ] Heart & Lung Transplant Unit, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; St Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW, Australia.

[10 ] Heart & Lung Transplant Unit, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Department of Cardiology, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia; St Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW, Australia.

[11 ] Heart & Lung Transplant Unit, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Department of Cardiology, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; St Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW, Australia.

[12 ] Department of Cardiology, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia; St Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW, Australia.

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Publisher Item ID: S0140-6736(15)60038-1

DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60038-1

PubMed ID: 25888085

SO-VID: 62ac3981-c004-4099-bb19-18fd1913d78c

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