Heart transplantation has become the accepted treatment for advanced heart failure, with
over 4000–5000 performed in the world annually. Although the number of yearly transplants …

In donation after circulatory death (DCD) organ transplantation, normothermic regional
perfusion (NRP) restores oxygenated blood flow following cardiac arrest and reverses warm …

Organ donation after the circulatory determination of death requires the permanent
cessation of circulation while organ donation after the brain determination of death requires …

Brain death, more recently called death determination by neurologic criteria, 1 is at the
nexus of current controversy as the US Uniform Law Commission (ULC) seeks to revise the …

Donation after circulatory determination of death (DCDD) is an accepted practice in the
United States, but heart procurement under these circumstances has been debated …

The brain-based determination of death (“brain death”) is now widely accepted throughout
the world. It states that the irreversible cessation of brain functions is the fundamental …

We believe that normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) requires careful ethical evaluation
before its widespread incorporation into donation after circulatory determination of death …

The introduction of normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) in controlled donation after
circulatory determination of death (cDCDD) protocols is by some regarded as controversial …

Scientific barriers that have prevented successful xenotransplantation are being breached,
yet many ethical issues remain. Some are broad issues that accompany the adoption of …

Donation after circulatory death (DCD) could account for the largest expansion of the donor
allograft pool in the contemporary era. However, the organ yield and associated costs of …