One Heart for Two Recipients: An Effective Option to Increase Donor Organ Availability in Heart Transplantation

Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed). 2016 Dec;69(12):1220-1221. doi: 10.1016/j.rec.2016.05.027. Epub 2016 Aug 10.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

Elena Rodríguez-González¹, Francisco José Hernández-Pérez², Manuel Gómez-Bueno¹, Javier Segovia¹, Alberto Forteza³, Luis Alonso-Pulpón¹

Affiliations

¹ Unidad de Insuficiencia Cardiaca y Trasplante, Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
² Unidad de Insuficiencia Cardiaca y Trasplante, Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: fhernandezcar@gmail.com.
³ Servicio de Cirugía Cardiovascular, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.

PMID: 27522276
DOI: 10.1016/j.rec.2016.05.027

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Brain Death
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / complications
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / surgery*
Fatal Outcome
Heart Failure / etiology
Heart Failure / surgery*
Heart Transplantation / methods*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications / mortality*
Stroke / mortality*
Tissue Donors / supply & distribution
Tissue and Organ Harvesting / methods*