Open AccessRenal transplantations performed using non???heart-beating organ donors: going back to the future?1
Author(s) -
Steven M. Rudich,
Bruce Kaplan,
John C. Magee,
Juan D. Arenas,
Jeffrey D. Punch,
Liise K. Kayler,
Robert M. Merion,
Herwig Ulf Meier-Kriesche
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-200212270-00013
Subject(s) - medicine , proportional hazards model , surgery , transplantation , kidney , urology
As more expanded-criteria organ donors are used to bridge the widening gap between organ supply and demand, non-heart-beating (NHB) donors will become increasingly important. The purpose of this study was to analyze renal transplant outcomes using this source of cadaveric (CAD) organs and compare the results with heart-beating organ sources.