The vast majority of organ donations once came from people who were brain-dead. Now they’re increasingly coming from people who died when their heart stopped beating, a major shift that can boost ...

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 ...

Organ donation after circulatory death (DCD) now accounts for nearly half of all deceased organ donors in the U.S., marking a ...

There are more candidates on the waitlist for a liver transplant than there are available organs, yet about half the time a match is found with a donor who dies after cardiac arrest following the ...

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), ...

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 ...