Organ donation after the heart stops beating, a practice called donation after circulatory death, has gone from rare to ...
Organ donation after the heart stops beating, a practice called donation after circulatory death, has gone from rare to ...
Three-quarters of kidney transplants in the U.S. come from deceased donors, and donation after circulatory death, in contrast ...
Technology has helped overcome barriers to using those organs — ways to keep them from deteriorating as the heartbeat winds ...
Contemporary donation after circulatory death donors are more medically complex than those from prior eras.
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 ...
About The Study: This study found that donation after circulatory death donors now comprise about half of deceased donors, including most donors at 44% of organ procurement organizations. Furthermore, ...