Heart donation and transplantation after circulatory determination of death: expert guidance from a Canadian consensus building process.

Controlled donation after circulatory determination of death (DCD), where death is determined after cardiac arrest, has been responsible for the largest quantitative increase in Canadian organ donation and transplants, but not for heart transplants. Innovative international advances in DCD heart transplantation include direct procurement and perfusion (DPP) and normothermic regional perfusion (NRP). After death is determined, DPP involves removal and reanimation of the arrested heart on an ex situ organ perfusion system.

The impact of COVID-19 on the Canadian Kidney Paired Donation program: an opportunity for universal implementation of kidney shipping.

Summary: "Never let a good crisis go to waste." - Sir Winston Churchill.

Unlabelled: The value of Canada's Kidney Paired Donation program to the population cannot be overstated.

Patient engagement in a Canadian consensus forum for heart donation after circulatory determination of death.

Purpose: Heart donation and transplantation following circulatory determination of death has yet to be performed in Canada. A consensus forum was held to provide expert guidance to inform policy with a comprehensive patient partner strategy. This paper describes the process used to create fulsome patient partner engagement resulting in mutually beneficial policy development in this complex area.