Mending hearts: A further strategy to improve cardiac donors availability.
J Card Surg
; 36(8): 2989-2991, 2021 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-33982341
ABSTRACT
Patients listed for heart transplantation are increasing annually worldwide, but the limited number of available donor hearts restricts this treatment to a small fraction of potential recipients. Attempts have, therefore, been made to expand the donor pool by recruiting donors who may not satisfy the standard criteria for organ donation. We reviewed our early experience by using three donor hearts which were successfully transplanted either after correction or not of pre-existing defects (Case #1 Coronary fistula; Case #2 Takayasu syndrome; Case #3 Percutaneously repaired atrial septal defect), demonstrating that structural cardiac abnormalities might not always be an absolute contraindication to donation candidacy.
Mots clés
Texte intégral:
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Collection:
01-internacional
Base de données:
MEDLINE
Sujet principal:
Acquisition d'organes et de tissus
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Transplantation cardiaque
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Cardiopathies
Limites:
Humans
Langue:
En
Journal:
J Card Surg
Sujet du journal:
CARDIOLOGIA
Année:
2021
Type de document:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
Italie