The International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Thirty-sixth Adult Heart Transplantation Report — 2019; Focus Theme: Donor and Recipient Size Match
The field of heart transplantation continues to evolve, with major changes in allocation systems, and increasing use of extended-criteria donor hearts, including hearts from donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors, hearts supported with ex-vivo perfusion, and hearts from hepatitis C viremic donors. Use of such non-traditional donor hearts has made transplantation available to a larger number of recipients, but the demand continues to outpace the supply. Given this persistent donor heart shortage, much attention has been given to the topic of donor-recipient size matching.
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Kiran Khush, Wida S. Cherikh, Daniel C. Chambers, Michael O. Harhay, Don Hayes, Eileen Hsich, Bruno Meiser, Luciano Potena, Amanda Robinson, Joseph W. Rossano, Aparna Sadavarte, Tajinder P. Singh, Andreas Zuckermann, Josef Stehlik, for the International S Tags: Original Clinical Science Source Type: research
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