Current opinion in organ transplantation
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Curr Opin Organ Transplant · Oct 2014
ReviewHigh-risk donors: extending our criteria in times of organ shortage.
Increasing waiting lists and declining transplant numbers due to organ shortage are a global problem that needs a multimodal approach to overcome this situation. Extending the criteria for transplantation may be one part of the solution. ⋯ Organ shortage needs new approaches to overcome the discrepancy between the number of patients on the wait list and performed heart transplantations, reduce wait list mortality and improve long-term outcomes after transplantation.