Thoracic organ transplantation from donation-after-cardiac-death donors.
Human lung and heart transplantation using donation-after-cardiac-death donors has recently been shown to be feasible and associated with excellent clinical results. Considering this, if we are to avoid confusing the lay and medical public, perhaps the better term is donation-after-cardiocirculatory death.
Snell
Gregory I
GI
Department of Allergy, Immunology, and Respiratory Medicine, Lung Transplant Service, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, 3004, Australia. g.snell@alfred.org.au
Levvey
Bronwyn J
BJ
D002102:Cadaver; D003643:Death; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality / Q000502:physiology*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome