title: Non-heart-beating donor, 10-year experience in a Belgian transplant center.
abstract: All over the world, transplant teams are looking for ways to increase and improve the donor pool. Non-heart-beating donation may increase the number of donors, even if some technical, logistical, and emotional problems are still encountered. The results obtained by our team should stimulate other centers to implement this kind of donation in their hospitals. Herein we have described our experience with non-heart-beating donation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Abdominal Transplantation, Organ Transplantation Center, Université Catholique de Louvain Medical School, Saint-Luc Hospital, Avenue Hippocrate 10/2213, 1200 Brussels, Belgium. Jacques.malaise@chir.ucl.ac.be
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Malaise
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Van Deynse
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dumont
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lecomte
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authors.lastname: Mourad
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dufrane
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Squifflet
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authors.lastname: Van Ophem
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authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Verschuren
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authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Meert
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Thys
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El Gariani
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wittebole
authors.forename: P F
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authors.lastname: Laterre
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authors.lastname: Hantson
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac; D006323:Heart Arrest; D006801:Humans; D016381:Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016896:Treatment Outcome