Organ Care System Heart™ in donors requiring high-risk excision of suspected neoplastic lesions.
Int J Artif Organs
; 45(3): 337-339, 2022 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-35098771
ABSTRACT
Although Heart Transplant is still the gold standard treatment for end-stage heart failure patients, the limitation of this procedure is the discrepancy between the amount of waiting list patients and donors. Organ Care Systems, preventing the detrimental effects of cold ischemia, potentially increase donor pool. Herein we report three cases where high-risk excisions were required to clarify the nature of suspected lesions in donors. We decided to retrieve the organs and to place them in the devices before performing the excision. Our experience confirm the possibility to utilise this device as a time buffer in these peculiar scenarios.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Obtención de Tejidos y Órganos
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Trasplante de Corazón
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Artif Organs
Año:
2022
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia