The vast majority of organ donations once came from people who were brain-dead. Now they’re increasingly coming from people ...

Recent advancements in organ procurement techniques to improve the quality of donated organs have given rise to normothermic regional perfusion (NRP), a procedure that restores blood flow to organs in ...

Using transplanted hearts preserved by thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion (taNRP) after circulatory death results in better clinical outcomes than using those retrieved via direct ...

Organ donation after circulatory death (DCD) now accounts for nearly half of all deceased organ donors in the U.S., marking a dramatic shift in transplant practice over the past 25 years.

NEW ORLEANS, LA—Hearts derived from donors following circulatory death (DCD) have a higher rate of primary graft dysfunction (PGD) following transplantation than those donated after brain death (DBD), ...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers have developed a groundbreaking new method for the recovery of hearts from deceased organ donors after circulatory death (DCD). The method (rapid ...

A case series describes 24 patients who received donation after circulatory death cardiac allografts that were recovered using the REUP technique. REUP is an organ procurement technique that doesn't ...

In a randomized trial, survival at 6 months after transplantation with hearts donated after circulatory death was noninferior to that with hearts donated after brain death.

The rise of organ donations after circulatory death marks a significant shift in U.S. transplant practices, highlighting both advancements and public concerns. Experts call for enhanced education and ...