Abstract Introduction Donation after circulatory death (DCD) has re-emerged as a means of expanding the donor heart pool. Current clinical practice relies mainly on direct procurement followed by normothermic machine..
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Abstract OBJECTIVES Donation after circulatory death provides excellent patient outcomes in heart transplantation; however, warm ischaemic graft damage remains a concern. We have reported that a brief period of hypothermic..
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Abstract Hypothermic oxygenated perfusion (HOPE) is an emerging technique for donor heart preservation that is currently being studied in multiple clinical trials with promising results. When compared to HOPE for..
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Abstract Background Cold static storage preservation of donor hearts for periods longer than 4 hours increases the risk of primary graft dysfunction (PGD). The aim of the study was to determine..
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