Abstract
With an expanding population at risk for heart failure and the resulting increase in patients admitted to the waiting list for heart transplantation, the demand of viable organs exceeds the supply of suitable donor hearts. Use of hearts after circulatory death has reduced this deficit. Two primary techniques for heart procurement in circulatory death donors have been described: direct procurement and perfusion and thoraco-abdominal normothermic regional perfusion. While the former has been accepted as an option for heart procurement in circulatory death donors, the latter technique has raised some ethical questions in relation to the dead donor rule. In this paper we discuss the current dilemmas regarding these heart procurement protocols in circulatory death donors.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 1225543 |
Journal | Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine |
Volume | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 31 Jul 2023 |
Keywords
- controlled donation after circulatory death heart transplantation
- determination of death
- ethics
- ex-situ heart perfusion
- thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion