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Current status of domino heart transplantation
Author(s) -
Shudo Yasuhiro,
Ma Michael,
Boyd Jack H.,
Woo Yiping Joseph
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.13104
Subject(s) - medicine , domino , heart transplantation , intensive care medicine , domino effect , heart failure , transplantation , lung transplantation , current (fluid) , cardiology , surgery , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , nuclear physics , electrical engineering , engineering , catalysis
Domino heart transplant, wherein the explanted heart from the recipient of an en‐bloc heart‐lung is utilized for a second recipient, represents a unique surgical strategy for patients with end‐stage heart failure. With a better understanding of the potential advantages and disadvantages of this procedure, its selective use in the current era can improve and maximize organ allocation in the United States. In this report, we reviewed the current status of domino heart transplantation.