Abstract:Donor and recipient information were collected including demographics, renal function, echocardiographic measurements, biopsy data, and outcome measures. Marginal donor hearts were identified according to validated criteria including use of donor triiodothyronine (T3), donor left ventricular ejection fraction <55%, donor age >60 years old, and donor ischemic time >6 hours or >4 hours if donor age >40 years old. Results: Overall, 376 DBD HTX were performed, of which 126 involved marginal donor hearts (33.3%). E… Show more
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