NHS blood and transplant donor echocardiography standard to improve organ utilisation in heart transplantation.

ABSTRACT: Focused echocardiography plays a vital role in assessing donor hearts and improving donor utilisation in the United Kingdom. A NHS Blood & Transplant working group was established and, through a review of the current evidence and modified Delphi approach, developed guidance for a minimum dataset for image acquisition in donor heart assessment. This is in intended as a pragmatic optional supplementation to current focused echocardiography protocols. We present a donor echocardiography proforma with accompanying educational materials for use in the United Kingdom.

SUBMITTER: Akhtar W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12619695 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature