Operative technique and pitfalls in donor heart procurement

Yasuhiro Shudo; William Hiesinger; Philip E Oyer; Y Joseph Woo

doi:10.1177/0218492316678716

Operative technique and pitfalls in donor heart procurement

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2017 Jan;25(1):80-82. doi: 10.1177/0218492316678716. Epub 2016 Nov 12.

Authors

Yasuhiro Shudo¹, William Hiesinger¹, Philip E Oyer¹, Y Joseph Woo¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.

PMID: 28074702
DOI: 10.1177/0218492316678716

Abstract

We describe a simple and reproducible donor heart procurement technique in sequential steps. A detailed understanding of procurement and organ preservation techniques should be an essential part of a heart transplant training program.

Keywords: Cardiomyopathy; Graft survival; Heart transplantation; Tissue and organ harvesting; dilated.

MeSH terms

Donor Selection
Heart Transplantation / methods*
Humans
Organ Preservation
Tissue Donors / supply & distribution*
Tissue and Organ Harvesting / methods*
Tissue and Organ Procurement
Waiting Lists