Use of Organs for Heart Transplantation after Rescue Allocation: Comparison of Outcome with Regular Allocated High Urgent Recipients

Conclusions Our data support the use of hearts after rescue allocation for elective transplantation of patients without HU status. We could show that patients with rescue allocated organs showed no significant disadvantages in the early perioperative morbidity and mortality as well at 1-year follow-up. [...] Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  Full text

Source: The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon - May 21, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Immohr, Moritz Boeken, Udo Mehdiani, Arash Boettger, Charlotte Aubin, Hug Dalyanoglu, Hannan Erbel, Sophia Scheiber, Daniel Westenfeld, Ralf Akhyari, Payam Lichtenberg, Artur Tags: Original Cardiovascular Source Type: research