Waiting list mortality and the potential of donation after circulatory death heart transplantations in the Netherlands.

CONCLUSION: Waiting list mortality in the Netherlands is high. HT using organs from DCD donors has great potential in the Netherlands and could lead to a reduction in waiting list mortality. Cardiac screening will eventually determine the true potential. PMID: 33156508 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Netherlands Heart Journal - November 6, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Roest S, Kaffka Genaamd Dengler SE, van Suylen V, van der Kaaij NP, Damman K, van Laake LW, Bekkers JA, Dalinghaus M, Erasmus ME, Manintveld OC Tags: Neth Heart J Source Type: research