Commentary: Planes, trains, and automobiles-Effective use of prolonged ex vivo heart preservation.

J Card Surg

Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.

Published: July 2021

Throughout the world, a shortage of donor organs has prompted development of unique strategies to expand the donor pool. Here, we review a report by Medressova and colleagues to the detailing the 3-year follow-up of a patient who successfully underwent a heart transplant after 17 hours of ex-vivo preservation.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8187278PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jocs.15520DOI Listing

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