Impact of donor age on cardiac transplantation outcomes and on cardiac function

CONCLUSIONS
Heart transplant from older donors is not associated with lower in-hospital and mid-term survival if donors are carefully selected; furthermore, the graft function is comparable. The use of hearts from donors older than 50 years of age can be expanded beyond critically ill recipients in carefully selected recipients.

Source: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery - September 25, 2016 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Chamogeorgakis, T., Joseph, S., Hall, S., Gonzalez-Stawinski, G. V., Saracino, G., Rafael, A., MacHannaford, J., Toumpoulis, I., Mendez, J., Lima, B. Tags: Aorto-iliac disease Adult Cardiac Source Type: research