Is it time for the United States to engage in heart transplantation using donation after circulatory death?

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Feb;159(2):512-513. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.07.147. Epub 2019 Oct 31.

Authors

Oliver K Jawitz¹, Carmelo Milano²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
² Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. Electronic address: milan002@mc.duke.edu.

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Heart / physiology
Heart Transplantation*
Humans
Tissue Donors / supply & distribution*
Tissue and Organ Procurement* / methods
Tissue and Organ Procurement* / standards
Tissue and Organ Procurement* / statistics & numerical data
United States

Grants and funding

T32 HL069749/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States