Outcomes of the Cardiac Transplantation with Opioid Overdose Donors

The opioid epidemic has resulted in loss of>40,000 lives yearly over the past decade in the United States. This tragic trend however has led to an increase in donor availability, and the number of heart transplant (HTx) is on the rise for the first time in over decades. The safety of use of heart from opioid overdose donor has not been validated.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 31, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: K. Oh, J. Fertel, D.B. Sims, J.J. Shin, O. Saeed, S. Murthy, S. Vukelic, S. Forest, D. Goldstein, U.P. Jorde, S.R. Patel Source Type: research