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Editorial
. 2020 Apr;39(4):331-341.
doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.1345. Epub 2020 Jan 31.

ISHLT consensus statement on donor organ acceptability and management in pediatric heart transplantation

Richard Kirk  1 , Anne I Dipchand  2 , Ryan R Davies  3 , Oliver Miera  4 , Gretchen Chapman  5 , Jennifer Conway  6 , Susan Denfield  7 , Jeffrey G Gossett  8 , Jonathan Johnson  9 , Michael McCulloch  10 , Martin Schweiger  11 , Daniel Zimpfer  12 , László Ablonczy  13 , Iki Adachi  7 , Dimpna Albert  14 , Peta Alexander  15 , Shahnawaz Amdani  16 , Antonio Amodeo  17 , Estela Azeka  18 , Jean Ballweg  19 , Gary Beasley  20 , Jens Böhmer  21 , Alison Butler  5 , Manuela Camino  22 , Javier Castro  23 , Sharon Chen  24 , Maryanne Chrisant  25 , Urs Christen  26 , Lara Danziger-Isakov  27 , Bibhuti Das  25 , Melanie Everitt  28 , Brian Feingold  29 , Matthew Fenton  30 , Luis Garcia-Guereta  31 , Justin Godown  32 , Dipankar Gupta  33 , Claire Irving  34 , Anna Joong  35 , Mariska Kemna  36 , Sanjeev Kumar Khulbey  37 , Steven Kindel  38 , Kenneth Knecht  39 , Ashwin K Lal  40 , Kimberly Lin  41 , Karen Lord  42 , Thomas Möller  26 , Deipanjan Nandi  43 , Oliver Niesse  11 , David M Peng  44 , Alicia Pérez-Blanco  45 , Ann Punnoose  38 , Zdenka Reinhardt  46 , David Rosenthal  24 , Angie Scales  47 , Janet Scheel  48 , Renata Shih  33 , Jonathan Smith  46 , Jacqueline Smits  49 , Josef Thul  50 , Robert Weintraub  51 , Steve Zangwill  52 , Warren A Zuckerman  53
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Editorial

ISHLT consensus statement on donor organ acceptability and management in pediatric heart transplantation

Richard Kirk et al. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2020 Apr.

Abstract

The number of potential pediatric heart transplant recipients continues to exceed the number of donors, and consequently the waitlist mortality remains significant. Despite this, around 40% of all donated organs are not used and are discarded. This document (62 authors from 53 institutions in 17 countries) evaluates factors responsible for discarding donor hearts and makes recommendations regarding donor heart acceptance. The aim of this statement is to ensure that no usable donor heart is discarded, waitlist mortality is reduced, and post-transplant survival is not adversely impacted.

Keywords: discard; donor; heart transplant; pediatric; refusal; waitlist.

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Disclosure statement The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose. This manuscript received no funding.

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