The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
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J. Heart Lung Transplant. · Dec 2019
Multicenter StudyDonation after circulatory death in lung transplantation-five-year follow-up from ISHLT Registry.
This study aimed to examine intermediate-term outcomes of lung transplantation (LTx) recipients from donors after circulatory death (DCD). ⋯ This ISHLT DCD Registry report with 5-year follow-up demonstrated similar favorable long-term survival in DCD-III and DBD lung donor recipients at 22 experienced centers globally. These data indicate that more extensive use of DCD-LTx would increase donor organ availability and may reduce waiting list mortality.