Direct Heart Procurement Following Donation after Circulatory Death with ex situ Reperfusion.

We describe a modified technique at our institution with rapid donor blood drainage using a cell saver and synchronised perfusion on the OCS.
PMID: 29752920 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - May 9, 2018 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Smail H, Garcia Saez D, Stock U, Ahmed Hassan H, Bowles C, Zych B, Mohite PN, Maunz O, Simon AR Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research