Cardiac Allografts from Overdosed Donors: An Underutilized Resource?

The opioid epidemic has expanded the cardiac donor pool, but the concern for primary graft dysfunction (PGD) remains a barrier to wider utilization of these hearts. We analyzed donor characteristics in transplanted and discarded cardiac allografts from overdosed donors (ODD) to determine if viable ODD hearts are being unnecessarily discarded due to inappropriate bias.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 16, 2019 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: N.K. Ranganath, K.G. Phillips, J. Malas, B.E. Lonze, D.E. Smith, Z.N. Kon, C.G. Gidea, A. Reyentovich, N. Moazami Tags: 379 Source Type: research