Simon Messer, Sally Rushton, Lewis Simmonds, Debbie Macklam, Mubbasher Husain, Anand Jothidasan, Stephen Large, Steven Tsui, Pradeep Kaul, Jennifer Baxter, Mohamed Osman, Vipin Mehta, Derval Russell, Uli Stock, John Dunning, Diana Garcia Saez, Rajamiyer Venkateswaran, Philip Curry, Lynne Ayton, Majid Mukadam, Jorge Mascaro, Jacob Simmonds, Guy Macgowan, Stephen Clark, Jerome Jungschleger, Zdenka Reinhardt, Richard Quigley, Jane Speed, Jayan Parameshwar, David Jenkins, Sarah Watson, Fiona Marley, Ayesha Ali, Dale Gardiner, Antonio Rubino, Julie Whitney, Catherine Slater, Ian Currie, Liz Armstrong, Jeanette Foley, Marian Ryan, Sharon Gibson, Karen Quinn, Anna-Maria Macleod, Susan Spence, Christopher J E Watson, Pedro Catarino, Anthony Clarkson, John Forsythe, Derek Manas, Marius Berman
BACKGROUND: The United Kingdom (UK) was one of the first countries to pioneer heart transplantation from donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors. To facilitate equity of access to DCD hearts by all UK heart transplant centers and expand the retrieval zone nationwide, a Joint Innovation Fund (JIF) pilot was provided by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and NHS England (NHSE). The activity and outcomes of this national DCD heart pilot program are reported. METHODS: This is a national multi-center, retrospective cohort study examining early outcomes of DCD heart transplants performed across 7 heart transplant centers, adult and pediatric, throughout the UK...
March 13, 2023: Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation