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ReviewWorld journal of transplantation2025

Innovative strategies to increase cardiac donor availability.

Benjamin Alexander, Herra Javed, Anshaal Furrukh, Krittika Joshi, Louis Steen, Taufiek Konrad Rajab

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Review in World journal of transplantation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Benjamin AlexanderDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR 72202, United States.
Herra JavedDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR 72202, United States.
Anshaal FurrukhDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR 72202, United States.
Krittika JoshiDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR 72202, United States.
Louis SteenDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR 72202, United States.
Taufiek Konrad RajabDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR 72202, United States. tkrajab@uams.edu.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heart transplantation is a life-saving procedure for many people throughout the world. Data shows that in 2024, there was an increase in the volume of adult heart transplantation in the United States even as there was a decrease in the volume of pediatric heart transplantation to the lowest volume in a decade. Organ availability remains a major limiting factor affecting transplant volume. This mandates that innovation must take place to increase the supply of donor organs. While some strategies such as donation after cardiac death, hepatitis C virus + transplantation, and ABO-incompatible transplantation have increased the pool for donation, it still falls short of meeting the demand. Other proposed strategies include splitting the donor heart to provide multiple partial heart transplants, domino partial heart transplantation, changes in legislation including opt-out legislation, and xenotransplantation. Further evolution and refinement of these strategies will make a meaningful impact on patients awaiting life-saving heart transplants.

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Domino transplantationHeart transplantationOrgan availabilityPartial heart translationValvular transplantation

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PMID40881767
PMCPMC12038578

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