First clinical experience with the novel cold storage SherpaPak™ system for donor heart transportation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The current gold standard for donor heart preservation is a three-bag-technique and storage in a cooler filled with slush ice. This technique can cause freezing injury with protein denaturation. We report our early experience with a single-use disposable device (SherpaPak™, Paragonix Technologies, MA, USA) specifically designed for sterile permanent temperature-controlled transportation of donor hearts.

Methods

In this case control study with 2:1 matching we identified 21 patients after heart transplantation depending on type of organ transport (standard three-bag-technique vs. SherpaPak™). The outcome after donor heart storage in the SherpaPak™ was compared with donor heart transportation with the standard technique.

Results

Since July 2018 seven pa

SUBMITTER: Radakovic D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7797872 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature