Normothermic Ex Situ Heart Perfusion With the Organ Care System for Cardiac Transplantation: A Meta-analysis

Conclusions. OCS outcomes, for both DBD and DCD hearts, appeared similar as for static cold storage. Therefore, OCS is a safe and effective technique to enlarge the cardiac donor pool in both DBD and DCD, with additional benefits for long-distance transport and surgically complex procedures.
Source: Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Reviews Source Type: research