Partial Heart Transplantation Promotes Organ Stewardship: Domino Hearts and Split Roots
The implementation of PHT represents a significant advance in pediatric heart care. Domino and split-root techniques within the PHT framework have the potential to substantially increase both donor availability and recipient capacity. These strategies usher in a new era of organ stewardship through addressing the challenge of donor organ shortage.
Authors
- Smith M. Ngeve (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8729-6569)
- Ziv Beckerman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8401-3279)
- Berk Aykut (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2085-6346)
- Joseph William Turek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4006-7555)
- Douglas M. Overbey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2343-7240)
- Cathlyn K. Medina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2522-1825)
- Taufiek Konrad Rajab
- Tariq M Omer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6172-6636)
Institutions
- Arkansas Children's Hospital (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Duke University Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports
- Published
- 2024-08-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atssr.2024.07.033
- Citations
- 11
- Primary Topic
- Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.30
Funders
- Duke University