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Donor Selection and Management of the High-Risk Donor

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In light of increasing organ demand in a stable supply setting, prompt and efficacious potential cardiac donor management is of paramount importance. Since the early description of the “ideal” donor by Griepp and associates in 1971 (1), the criteria by which donors are accepted—and the characteristics that determine a “high-risk” donor—have changed substantially (see Tables 1 and 2). Indeed, the growing acceptance of donor organs that meet so-called “extended” criteria for transplantation has further emphasized the importance of aggressive donor management by experienced individuals whose interventions can transform otherwise unusable donors into ones of low or intermediate risk.

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  1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

    Niloo M. Edwards MD

  2. Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, USA

    Jonathan M. Chen MD

  3. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, USA

    Pamela A. Mazzeo

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Chen, J.M., Edwards, N.M. (2004). Donor Selection and Management of the High-Risk Donor. In: Edwards, N.M., Chen, J.M., Mazzeo, P.A. (eds) Cardiac Transplantation. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-758-1_2

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