Donor heart selection: Evidence-based guidelines for providers

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2023 Jan;42(1):7-29. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2022.08.030. Epub 2022 Sep 20.

Abstract

The proposed donor heart selection guidelines provide evidence-based and expert-consensus recommendations for the selection of donor hearts following brain death. These recommendations were compiled by an international panel of experts based on an extensive literature review.

Keywords: brain death; donor heart; donor risk factors; heart transplant; selection.

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Brain Death
  • Consensus
  • Donor Selection
  • Heart Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Tissue Donors*