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J Heart Lung Transplant. 2021 Jan;40(1):69-86. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.10.004. Epub 2020 Oct 14.
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Despite the advancements in medical treatment, mechanical support, and stem cell therapy, heart transplantation remains the most effective treatment for selected patients with advanced heart failure.
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Nat Commun. 2020 Nov 13;11(1):5765. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19581-4.
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Lung transplantation remains the best treatment option for end-stage lung disease; however, is limited by a shortage of donor grafts. Ex situ lung perfusion, also known as ex vivo lung perfusion,
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Transplantation. 2021 Jul 1;105(7):1510-1515. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003531.
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BACKGROUND: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) represents an increasing source of organs. However, evaluating the suitability of DCD hearts for transplantation represents a challenge. Contractile function is the ultimate determinant of recovery.
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J Surg Res. 2021 Mar;259:242-252. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.09.040. Epub 2020 Nov 26.
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BACKGROUND: The optimal substrate for hypothermic machine perfusion preservation of donor hearts is unknown. Fatty acids, acetate, and ketones are preferred substrates of the heart during normothermic
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Transplant Proc. 2021 Mar;53(2):612-619. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2020.10.001. Epub 2020 Dec 2.
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BACKGROUND: Use of donation after circulatory death (DCD) hearts is becoming more prevalent in cardiac transplantation. However, there is no standardized approach to myocardial preservation, and little data
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Am J Transplant. 2021 Apr;21(4):1597-1602. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16446. Epub 2021 Jan 2.
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Heart transplantation from controlled donation after the circulatory determination of death (cDCDD) may help to increase the availability of hearts for transplantation. During 2020, four heart transplants
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J Extra Corpor Technol. 2020 Dec;52(4):303-313. doi: 10.1182/ject-2000034.
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Ex situ heart perfusion (ESHP) has proven to be an important and valuable step toward better preservation of donor hearts for heart transplantation. Currently, few ESHP systems allow for a
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Artif Organs. 2021 Jul;45(7):682-695. doi: 10.1111/aor.13894. Epub 2021 Mar 9.
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The ever-widening gap between organ supply and demand has resulted in an organ shortage crisis that affects patients all over the world. For decades, static cold storage (SCS)
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Magn Reson Med. 2021 Jun;85(6):3510-3521. doi: 10.1002/mrm.28639. Epub 2020 Dec 23.
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PURPOSE: Increasing worldwide demand for cardiac transplantation has spurred new developments to increase the donor pool. Normothermic preservation of heart grafts for transplantation is an emerging strategy
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Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Jan 7:S0003-4975(21)00017-5. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.12.025. Online ahead of print.
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BACKGROUND: Pediatric heart transplant (HTx) recipients with congenital heart defects require complex concomitant surgical procedures with the risk of prolonging the allograft’s ischemic time. Ex vivo
