Journal article
Successful use of the "unacceptable" heart donor.
Abstract
Chronic shortage of donor organs has heightened interest in new strategies for increasing donor availability. Unacceptable hearts for transplant have previously been characterized by donor age greater than 40 years, more than 20% donor/recipient weight mismatch, ischemic time more than 4 hours, and the presence of coronary artery disease. A series of 185 consecutive orthotopic heart transplants were retrospectively examined. A significant …
Authors
Menkis AH; Novick RJ; Kostuk WJ; Pflugfelder PW; Powell AM; Thomson D; McKenzie FN
Journal
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Vol. 10, No. 1 Pt 1, pp. 28–32
Publication Date
1991
ISSN
1053-2498