Too Big to Fail: Using Obese Donors for Heart Transplantation

Donor body-mass index (BMI) has been increasing over time, although donor BMI remains lower on average than heart transplant recipient BMI. There is limited data regarding the use of allograft hearts from donors with obesity. Our purpose was to assess the outcome of performing heart transplantation from donors with BMI> 35 kg/m2.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 31, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: N. Rajagopalan, A.E. Shafii, M.E. Sekela Source Type: research