A Porcine Model Comparing NRP and Cold Storage versus NRP and Ex-Situ Perfusion in the Distant Procurement of DCD Hearts

Heart donation after circulatory death (DCD) has significantly improved organ utilisation with promising early outcomes. To date, adult DCD heart programmes have relied largely on ex-situ heart perfusion during transport of the donor organs even after normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) in the donor where the heart is formally assessed after circulatory arrest. In this pre-clinical porcine study we compare the use of cold storage as an alternative to ex-situ heart perfusion following NRP.
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Tags: 591 Source Type: research