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Direct procurement of donor heart with normothermic regional perfusion of abdominal organs.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Mohite, Prashant N 
Sáez, Diana García 
Butler, Andrew J 
Watson, Christopher JE 
Simon, Andre 

Abstract

PURPOSE: To evaluate if direct procurement of heart is possible in combination with normothermic regional perfusion of abdominal organs in donors after circulatory death. DESCRIPTION: A donation after circulatory death pathway was utilized for a 41-year-old female following an irreversible brain injury. After meeting criteria for the organ donation, heart was retrieved and re-animated on ex-situ perfusion system while abdominal organs were perfused using normothermic regional perfusion. EVALUATION: All the donated organs and their recipients had excellent short-term outcome. CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrated a successful combination of direct procurement of the heart and normothermic regional perfusion of the abdominal organs.

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Keywords

Direct procurement, Normothermic regional perfusion, donation after circulatory death

Journal Title

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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Journal ISSN

1552-6259
1552-6259

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Publisher

Elsevier BV

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