NHS blood and transplant donor echocardiography standard to improve organ utilisation in heart transplantation
Focused echocardiography plays a vital role in assessing donor hearts and improving donor utilisation in the United Kingdom. A NHS Blood & Transplant working group was established and, through a review of the current evidence and modified Delphi approach, developed guidance for a minimum dataset for image acquisition in donor heart assessment. This is in intended as a pragmatic optional supplementation to current focused echocardiography protocols. We present a donor echocardiography proforma with accompanying educational materials for use in the United Kingdom.
Authors
- Ashley Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6665-1514)
- Thomas Billyard
- Fernando Gil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6691-5340)
- Marian Ryan
- Antonio Rubino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8537-3188)
- Marius Berman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9144-5376)
- Marcus Peck
- Hatem Soliman-Aboumarie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3254-6820)
- Waqas Akhtar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7563-7346)
- Charlotte Goedvolk
Institutions
- NHS Blood and Transplant (GB)
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Royal Papworth Hospital (GB)
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (GB)
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the Intensive Care Society
- Published
- 2025-11-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/17511437251394267
- Primary Topic
- Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00