Determining  optimal donor heart ischemic times in adult cardiac transplantation

ConclusionsThe donor heart IT threshold for survival determined from unbiased statistical modeling occurs at 3  h. With longer preservation times, transplantation with O donor hearts was associated with worse survival.

Source: Journal of Cardiac Surgery - April 30, 2022 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Paul C. Tang, Xiaoting Wu, Min Zhang, Donald Likosky, Jonathan W. Haft, Ienglam Lei, Ashraf Abou El Ela, Ming ‐Sing Si, Keith D. Aaronson, Francis D. Pagani Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research