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Access to Retransplantation After Failed Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation: Eo Ire Itum
Author(s) -
Skaro A. I.,
Zhao L.,
VanWagner L. B.,
Abecassis M. M.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.12701
Subject(s) - medicine , donation , circulatory system , organ donation , transplantation , liver transplantation , intensive care medicine , surgery , economics , economic growth
Livers from donation after circulatory death offer additional access to life‐saving transplant, but their effective use depends greatly on recipient disease burden and the geographic availability of livers from brain dead donors. See article by Allen et al on page 1120.