Normothermic regional perfusion and donation after circulatory death heart-lung procurement

Affiliations

¹ Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
² Institute of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy.

Editorial

Vincenzo Tarzia et al. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2025.

. 2025 Jan 26;14(1):67-69.

doi: 10.21037/acs-2024-dcd-0076. Epub 2024 Nov 6.

¹ Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
² Institute of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: Donation after circulatory death (DCD); graft procurement; heart transplantation (HT); normothermic regional perfusion (NRP).

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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