2010
Short‐Term Cardiac and Noncardiac Mortality Following Liver Transplantation
Eleid MF, Hurst RT, Vargas HE, Rakela J, Mulligan DC, Appleton CP. Short‐Term Cardiac and Noncardiac Mortality Following Liver Transplantation. Journal Of Transplantation 2010, 2010: 910165. PMID: 20814597, PMCID: PMC2931376, DOI: 10.1155/2010/910165.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute cardiac eventsLiver transplantationCardiac eventsCardiac deathMonths of LTNew-onset heart failureConsecutive LT patientsFollowing Liver TransplantationPrimary cardiac eventsAdverse cardiac eventsOnset heart failureMonths postoperative periodNon-cardiac eventsCause of mortalityLT patientsPostoperative periodSurgical complicationsHeart failureMedical complicationsScreening recommendationsIntraoperative eventsMyocardial infarctionTotal deathsPatientsScreening strategy
2009
ASTS Recommended Practice Guidelines for Controlled Donation after Cardiac Death Organ Procurement and Transplantation
Reich DJ, Mulligan DC, Abt PL, Pruett TL, Abecassis MM, D’Alessandro A, Pomfret EA, Freeman RB, Markmann JF, Hanto DW, Matas AJ, Roberts JP, Merion RM, Klintmalm GB, Committee T. ASTS Recommended Practice Guidelines for Controlled Donation after Cardiac Death Organ Procurement and Transplantation. American Journal Of Transplantation 2009, 9: 2004-2011. PMID: 19624569, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02739.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOrgan donationFavorable posttransplant outcomesOrgan acceptance criteriaOrgan procurement organizationsBrain death criteriaBiliary issuesDCD kidneysPancreas transplantationVentilatory supportPosttransplant outcomesCardiac deathTransplant centersIschemia timeDCD protocolsHopeless prognosisMachine perfusionBrain deathTransplant surgeonsOperative techniqueOrgan transplantationPractice guidelinesBest practice guidelinesOrgan procurementDonor characteristicsTransplantation