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The Evolving Role of Extracorporeal In Situ Perfusion Technology in Organ Donor Recovery with Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death…

Abstract The need for organs suitable for transplantation has continued to rise as need outweighs availability. Increased demand has driven innovation in the field. Over the past ten years, donation..

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Organ Utilization From Donors Following Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Systematic Review of Graft and Recipient Outcome

Abstract Background.  The global shortage of solid organs for transplantation is exacerbated by high demand, resulting in organ deficits and steadily growing waiting lists. Diverse strategies have been established to..

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Organ Donation from Patients Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Systematic Review

Abstract Objective The mismatch between the demand for and supply of organs for transplantation is steadily growing. Various strategies have been incorporated to improve the availability of organs, including organ..

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Bioengineers a huge step closer to building a human heart for transplant

Washington - Unlike other organs, the heart cannot heal itself after injury. Heart disease is the top cause of mortality and is particularly deadly. For this reason, tissue engineering will..

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All heart: Shae Veach’s miraculous journey from heart transplant patient to the gridiron

PHOENIX – Two weeks ago, Perry high school football player Shae Veach stepped onto the field for the first time. Two years ago, Veach was laying in a hospital bed..

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Heart of a Tiger: 7-year-old transplant recipient 'refuses to lose'

AUBURN, Ala. – When you see 7-year-old Davis Boswell playing football with his brother on Samford Lawn or baseball for his team, the Cubs, you’d never know he’s only one week..

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'Jumping from planes scarier than transplant' says former paratrooper

A former paratrooper who received a donor heart after living with a heart disease for more than two decades has thanked medical staff for “wonderful” care and said that jumping..

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A second chance at life: Upstate woman celebrates heart transplant anniversary

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) -- Latoya Reid has lived with congestive heart failure the last ten years. A diagnosis that shocked the then 32-year-old who had no family history. Reid..

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12-year-old Kansas boy gets heart transplant after collapsing at school

OLATHE, Kan. (KAKE) - When a A 12-year-old boy's heart stopped at school, his teachers rushed to resuscitate him.  reports Max Kotchavar was in a physical education class at Woodland..

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67-year-old woman with heart transplant becomes world-traveling gold medal athlete

Janet Dennis says she wasn’t very active before her heart transplant. Now, she says, “I’ve got heart, I’m doing this!”     Transplant News brings you the news stories, articles..

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DUKE HEALTH PERFORMS WORLD’S FIRST PARTIAL HEART TRANSPLANT

 A team at Duke Health has performed what is believed to be the world’s first partial heart transplant, with the living arteries and valves from a freshly donated heart fused..

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