Coronary Evaluation of Donor Hearts in the Donation After Circulatory Death Era

Key Points

• The study aims to assess the viability of donor hearts obtained after circulatory death for transplantation.
• Evaluated donor hearts from donors after circulatory death.
• Analyzed coronary health metrics pre-transplant.
• Implemented statistical methods to assess transplant outcomes.
• Higher coronary function seen in donor hearts post-circulatory death compared to standard controls (p<0.05).
• Improved 1-year survival rates in recipients of hearts from circulatory death donors (HR 0.8, 95% CI 0.65-0.98, p=0.04).