Utilization and outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitated donor hearts in the modern era
Heart donors who are CPR+ are being used at an increased frequency and now represent most donors. CPR+ hearts have statistically equivalent patient and graft survival outcomes over 5 years. Hearts that have undergone CPR, even for periods of >30 minutes, can be safely utilized.
Authors
- Zubair A. Hashmi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8907-1210)
- Keyur B. Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8329-2963)
- Zachary W. Fitch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1395-1513)
- Mythili Vigneshwar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8459-0284)
- Josue Chery
- Mohammed Quader (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8290-043X)
- Zach Rollins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2434-9069)
- Ye In Christopher Kwon
- Vigneshwar Kasirajan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1974-7951)
- Inna Tchoukina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1587-1998)
- Matthew Ambrosio
- Elizabeth J Bashian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9994-3804)
Institutions
- Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JTCVS Open
- Published
- 2025-10-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon.2025.10.020
- Primary Topic
- Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00