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Long distance heart transplantation: a tale of two cities
Author(s) -
Jain Pankaj,
Prichard Roslyn A.,
Connellan Mark B.,
Dhital Kumud K.,
Macdonald Peter S.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1111/imj.13568
Subject(s) - medicine , heart transplantation , perfusion , waiting list , transplantation , ex vivo , emergency medicine , surgery , cardiology , in vivo , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
In this ‘paired’ case report, we describe two heart transplants performed 3 days apart at our centre. Both cases involved very prolonged transportation time of the donor heart. In one case, the donor heart was transported in an ice chest, while in the other case the organ was transported using a normothermic ex vivo perfusion ( NEVP ) system. The additional retrieval costs incurred by the use NEVP were more than offset by the reduction in subsequent inpatient costs.