HOPE for children: successful pediatric DCD heart transplantation using hypothermic oxygenated perfusion
There is great need to facilitate DCD heart recovery for infants and neonates. We have reported our outcomes from the world's first and smallest pediatric DCD-HOPE heart transplants and demonstrated that HOPE provides the long-awaited solution for pediatric DCD donation down to even neonatal donors. We call upon clinicians and policymakers to support DCD-HOPE to provide equity for child donors and recipients.
Authors
- Maja Thomassen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3900-8515)
- Andreas Wallinder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1036-4794)
- Björn Cools (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3633-4216)
- Louise Kenny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1208-139X)
- Alan McCheyne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8123-2206)
- Nicholas Chilvers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0241-3613)
- Kate Hulley
- Katrien Vandendriessche (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5405-1343)
- John H. Dark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4727-6085)
- Marius Berman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9144-5376)
- Janne Brouckaert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1925-9269)
- David Crossland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3517-0483)
- Bárbara Cardoso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7326-7043)
- Mohamed Nassar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8396-5964)
- Muhammad Rizwan Khawaja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7436-0891)
- Filip Rega (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8428-2302)
- Emma Simpson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0475-9738)
- M. Jeyakanthan
- Paul Henderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3634-6428)
- Niels Moeslund (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0827-5263)
- Zdenka Reinhardt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4446-1138)
- Lu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0264-7046)
- P. Kaul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-4071)
- T. Butt
- Jérôme Jungschleger
- James Warburton
- Klaes V Lenbroch
Institutions
- NHS Blood and Transplant (GB)
- Freeman Hospital (GB)
- Aarhus University Hospital (DK)
- Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Newcastle University (GB)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
- Published
- 2025-10-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2025.09.020
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.02