Outcome of hearts with cold ischemic time greater than 300minutes. A case-matched study☆
Author(s) -
Fotios Mitropoulos,
Jonah Odim,
Daniel Marelli,
Kalyani Karandikar,
David Gjertson,
A. Ardehali,
Jon Kobashigawa,
Hillel Laks
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.01.067
Subject(s) - cardiology , outcome (game theory) , medicine , mathematics , mathematical economics
Expansion of potential donor pool may be facilitated by using cardiac allografts with long ischemic time. Early graft failure and potential relation to transplant coronary artery disease remains a concern. We sought to evaluate outcomes of heart transplantation in recipients of donor allografts with prolonged ischemia time.
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