Heart transplantation from donation after circulatory death: Impact on waitlist time and transplant rate.

The effect of using donation after circulatory death (DCD) hearts on waitlist outcomes has not been substantiated. We retrospectively analyzed 184 heart transplant (HT) candidates at our institution from 2019 to 2021. Patients were stratified into 2 observation periods centered on September 12, 2020, when the adult DCD HT program officially began.