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Don't pig(!) the wrong heart!
Author(s) -
Loebe Matthias,
Parker Brandon
Publication year - 2021
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.15842
Subject(s) - xenotransplantation , medicine , multitude , ethical issues , human heart , engineering ethics , heart transplantation , transplantation , environmental ethics , heart failure , law , cardiology , surgery , philosophy , engineering , political science
Cardiac xenotransplantation is believed to have approached clinical application. However, this approach to advanced heart failure is burdened with a multitude of ethical issues. These issues need to be addressed openly and be broadly discussed in public. Only through an honest and transparent approach, it will be possible to engage the lay audience in the evaluation of pig to human transplant.