Ethical considerations during a pioneering surgical procedure: porcine cardiac xenotransplantation

This article focuses on some of the ethical conflicts encountered in relation to the use of mechanical circulatory support, pretransplant evaluation, shared decision making during informed consent, infectious disease risk, preclinical and clinical testing, and the role of regulatory bodies during performance of the first human porcine cardiac xenotransplantation. An increase in human trials of xenotransplantation procedures is imminent. Potential ethical conflicts associated with xenotransplantation should be addressed appropriately.PMID:35787171 | DOI:10.12968/hmed.2022.0182
Source: British Journal of Hospital Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Source Type: research