Ischaemic Reperfusion Injury and Allograft Rejection Following DCD Heart Transplantation: Early Results

Heart transplantation is limited by the scarcity of suitable donor organs. A few transplant teams have used hearts following donation after circulatory determined death (DCD) with ex-situ organ perfusion to address this unmet need. Clinical outcomes following DCD transplantation have been promising, however patterns of ischaemic reperfusion injury (IRI) and rejection post-transplant in clinical practice have not yet been reported.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 25, 2017 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: A. Page, M. Goddard, S. Messer, J. Dunning, J. Parameshwar, C. Lewis, A. Kydd, S. Pettit, Y. Abu-Omar, M. Berman, A. Ali, S. Tsui, S. Large Source Type: research