Heart transplantation from donation after circulatory death: a meta-analysis of national registries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although it has been widely recognized that heart transplantation (HT) following donation after circulatory death (DCD) can be a successful strategy to expand the donor pool, its clinical outcomes compared to donation after brain death (DBD) are still the subject of intense investigation. We reviewed the clinical characteristics of HT after DCD from the three largest multicenter nationwide registries, highlighting technical aspects, donor and recipient selection, and early outcomes. Moreover, we performed a meta-analysis of survival outcomes of DCD vs. DBD using reconstructed individual patient time-to-event data.

Methods

The PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus databases were searched in January 2024 to identify the most recent reports from three large multi

SUBMITTER: Tarzia V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11618126 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature