Impact of dual thoracic recovery from circulatory death donors on heart and lung transplant outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Concomitant heart and lung recovery can result in increased operative complexity, ischemic time, and competition for resources and anatomic territory. Dual thoracic recovery from circulatory death donors may have additional risks that are not fully understood. We investigated the effects of dual heart and lung recovery from circulatory death donors on thoracic transplant outcomes.

Methods

Using the United Network for Organ Sharing database, we categorized all adult thoracic circulatory death donor transplants from 2019 to 2023 by whether the donor heart, lung, or both (dual donors) were recovered. Heart and lung transplant outcomes were compared between dual recovery donors and heart-only or lung-only donors, respectively, using multivariable analyses.

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SUBMITTER: Zhou AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11729357 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature