Donation after circulatory death heart procurement strategy impacts utilization and outcomes of concurrently procured abdominal organs.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The impact of donation after circulatory death (DCD) heart procurement techniques on the utilization and outcomes of concurrently procured DCD livers and kidneys remains unclear.

Methods

Using the United Network for Organ Sharing database, we identified 246 DCD donors whose heart was procured using direct procurement and ex-situ machine perfusion and 128 DCD donors whose heart was procured using in-situ thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion (12/2019-03/2022). We evaluated the transplantation rate of concurrently procured DCD livers and kidneys (defined as the number of organs transplanted/total number of organs available for procurement) and their post-transplant outcomes.

Results

The transplantation rate of concurrently procured DCD livers was

SUBMITTER: Thomas J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11181754 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature