Techniques for combined procurement of hearts and kidneys with satisfactory early function of renal allografts.
Methods for combination of donor nephrectomy with donor cardiectomy are outlined. The satisfactory early function of 29 of 34 transplanted kidneys harvested with these techniques supports their wider application and should encourage their wider acceptance.
D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D009392:Nephrectomy; D009926:Organ Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014015:Tissue Banks; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014021:Tissue Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous