The first human heart transplantation was performed by Christian Barnard in 1967. While the
technical aspect had been worked out, allograft rejection was a major limitation in the early …

The number of potential pediatric heart transplant recipients continues to exceed the number
of donors, and consequently the waitlist mortality remains significant. Despite this, around …

Background Heart transplantation has become standard of care for pediatric patients with
either end‐stage heart failure or inoperable congenital heart defects. Despite increasing …

Donation after circulatory death (DCD) represents a promising opportunity to overcome the
relative shortage of donors for heart transplantation. However, the necessary period of warm …

Background The national opioid epidemic has expanded the donor pool for heart
transplantation, but concerns remain regarding infectious risk and allograft function. This …

Objective Despite small single-center reports demonstrating acceptable outcomes using
donor hearts with left ventricular dysfunction, 19% of potential donor hearts are currently …

Assessment of potential donors is an essential part of heart transplantation. Despite the
shortage of donor hearts, donor heart procurement from brain-dead organ donors remains …

Background To evaluate the early and late outcome of heart transplantation (HT) using
marginal (MDs) and optimal donors (ODs). Methods Clinical records of recipients …

Background. Cardiac troponin is a highly specific and widely available marker of myocardial
injury, and elevations in cardiac transplant donors may influence donor selection. We aimed …

The 2020 Korean Post-cardiac Arrest Care Guidelines are medical recommendations
derived based on scientific evidence for post-cardiac arrest care. These guidelines are …