The first annual report of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
(ISHLT) Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (IMACS) registry provides global data on …

Livers from controlled donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors suffer a higher
incidence of nonfunction, poor function, and ischemic cholangiopathy. In situ normothermic …

The second annual IMACS registry report includes over 14, 000 patients from 35 countries.
Survival, adverse events, and an updated risk model is presented. Continuous flow pumps …

Background The risk that a positive smoking history in lung donors could adversely affect
survival of transplant recipients causes concern. Conversely, reduction of the donor pool by …

Background & aims Donation after circulatory death (DCD) in the UK has tripled in the last
decade. However, outcomes following DCD liver transplantation are worse than for donation …

Background. Normothermic ex situ liver perfusion is increasingly used to assess donor
livers, but there remains a paucity of evidence regarding criteria upon which to base a …

Summary Background The Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) and its sodium-
corrected variant (MELD-Na) have created gender disparities in accessing liver …

The 2014 reports of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT)
International Registry for Heart and Lung Transplantation (Registry) bring expanded …

We read with interest the Correspondence published during the first wave of the COVID-19
pandemic describing the response by the Birmingham Liver Unit (Birmingham, UK). 1 We …

Aims Heart transplantation (HTx) is limited by the scarcity of suitable donor hearts.
Consequently, more patients with advanced heart failure require a ventricular assist device …