Expanding the Donor Pool
Given the aging population and despite advances in heart failure therapies, the number of patients with advanced heart failure in need of heart transplantation continues to increase, and the longstanding mismatch between organ demand and organ supply persists. In an effort to address this mismatch a...
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Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
2025-05-01
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| description | Given the aging population and despite advances in heart failure therapies, the number of patients with advanced heart failure in need of heart transplantation continues to increase, and the longstanding mismatch between organ demand and organ supply persists. In an effort to address this mismatch and expand the donor pool, a number of strategies are being pursued. This article reviews several of those strategies, including transplantation from hepatitis C virus-infected donors, transplantation from donors after circulatory death, the role of organ preservation technologies in facilitating transplantation of hearts that might otherwise be discarded, and the impact of public education and national donation policies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a1ff3b208f8045c19d9b08adfe6bf29d2025-08-20T03:47:06ZengHouston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular CenterMethodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal1947-61082025-05-01213333910.14797/mdcvj.15771555Expanding the Donor PoolSaleem Toro0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3654-7118Kelly H. Schlendorf1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8811-1957Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, Nashville, TennesseeVanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, Nashville, TennesseeGiven the aging population and despite advances in heart failure therapies, the number of patients with advanced heart failure in need of heart transplantation continues to increase, and the longstanding mismatch between organ demand and organ supply persists. In an effort to address this mismatch and expand the donor pool, a number of strategies are being pursued. This article reviews several of those strategies, including transplantation from hepatitis C virus-infected donors, transplantation from donors after circulatory death, the role of organ preservation technologies in facilitating transplantation of hearts that might otherwise be discarded, and the impact of public education and national donation policies.https://account.journal.houstonmethodist.org/index.php/up-j-mdbcj/article/view/1577heart transplantationhepatitis cdcdnrporgan donororgan preservationtransplant policy |
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| title | Expanding the Donor Pool |
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| title_short | Expanding the Donor Pool |
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