The main factor limiting organ donation is the availability of suitable donors and organs.
Currently, most transplants follow multiple organ retrieval from heartbeating brain-dead …

Purpose To provide a practical overview of the management of the potential organ donor in
the intensive care unit. Methods Seven areas of donor management were considered for this …

This document was developed through the collaborative efforts of the Society of Critical Care
Medicine, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the Association of Organ …

Background—In ventricular dilatation or hypertrophy, an elevated end-diastolic pressure is
often assumed to be secondary to increased myocardial stiffness, but stiffness is rarely …

Objectives. The aim of this study was to demonstrate safe orthotopic transplantation of
porcine donor hearts harvested 24 hours after brain death and preserved for 24 hours …

The systemic physiologic changes that occur during and after brain death affect all organs
suitable for transplantation. Major changes occur in the cardiovascular, pulmonary …

Heart and lung procurements are multiphased processes often accompanied by an array of
complex logistics. Approaches to donor evaluation and management, organ procurement …

Objective: Primary graft failure (PGF) is a major risk factor for death after heart
transplantation. We investigated the predictive risk factors for severe PGF that require extra …

Aims The aim of this study was to assess the haemodynamic effects of tri-iodothyronine (T3)
and methylprednisolone in potential heart donors. Methods and results In a prospective …

Most deaths in the first 30 days after cardiac transplantation are due to failure of the donor
heart, often with the clinical picture of right ventricular failure. Indeed, there is a significant …